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U2’s stay at Sphere was a critical and commercial success, blanketing social media with eye-popping video clips and raking in nearly $250 million, according to the trade journal Pollstar — and at a moment when the show’s stiff competition included Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour.

Then it lumbers around inside the car, raking the leather seats with its mighty claws.

In the early years, he said, he acted up, raking up disciplinary infractions that landed him in solitary confinement.

The mastermind of the operation, then 20 years old, concealed his identity while working the dark corners of the internet, raking in enough money to buy multiple Mercedes, gold-plated guns and more.

Besides the pitching edge, the Dodgers’ hitters are raking, with two home runs from Andy Pages and another long ball from Mookie Betts, nine hits and a brief shortening of a 10-2 deficit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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