stakes
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And as with all rolls of a dice, the stakes on whether you win or lose are huge for Tuchel – as will discover once the World Cup gets under way.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The stakes of Thursday's launch are "huge," said physicist G. Scott Hubbard, a former director of NASA's Ames Research Center.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The funding comes from the 2022 Chips and Science Act, with the government taking minority equity stakes in each company.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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