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Recent Examples of grubstake
Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him.
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Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
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If all of that stuff has to be paid for by hard campaign dollars, dollars that would be disclosed within 100 days to who?—
NBC news,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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The annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who died in that war.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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Fundraiser helps defray cost of entertainment and city fees associated with Dinner Under the Stars 2026 Season.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
6 May 2026
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To defray costs, Lionsgate sold international distribution rights to Universal.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last June, Russian banks raised red flags on a potential debt crisis as high interest rates weighed on borrowers’ ability to pay off loans.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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We were stuck paying off medical debt during the first two years of each child’s life, which is already a very expensive time.—
Nicole Varma,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Sklarov used false prestige to gain control of hundreds of millions of dollars in stock and then liquidated those shares for his own benefit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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But many troubled carriers did visit bankruptcy courts to restructure their finances, be sold to competitors or liquidated.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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County voters have overwhelmingly approved sales-tax increases to fund Metro projects.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The famous Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was wearing a soccer scarf, part of a $65 million promotional campaign funded by corporate and philanthropic backers.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Senior catcher Hayden Sujack, also a South Carolina recruit, staked the Saints to a 1-0 lead in the first inning by hitting her 14th home run of the season and program-record 56th of her career.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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His findings do not make for comfortable reading in the boardrooms of companies that have staked their technology roadmaps on artificial intelligence.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Rioters have typically been ordered to pay $500 if found guilty of a misdemeanor or $2,000 if convicted of a felony to the Architect of the Capitol to recompense for the damage.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The cycle of overbuilding, Mizes said, will only be avoided if investors actually underwrite affordability instead of just demographic demand.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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The regulators, who launched their investigation into State Farm last summer, also are considering a temporary suspension of State Farm’s license to underwrite new policies for a year.—
Amancai Biraben,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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