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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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Adding another big contract would have been prohibitive ahead of an offseason where the Ravens will want to pay center Tyler Linderbaum, nose tackle Travis Jones, tight end Isaiah Likely and several others.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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On Tuesday, supervisors also unanimously passed a measure calling on the federal government to immediately start paying SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Kerr said fundraising is currently taking place to defray some of the costs.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the tuition, FDU received a three-year grant from USA Fencing—Young wouldn’t specify the amount—that will defray some of the upfront cost.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Now, the Department of Education will resume processing student loan forgiveness applications for people who need financial help paying off the loans and for people who are public service workers.—
Jennifer L. Steele,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Use this time for the unglamorous groundwork that pays off later.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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That might mean liquidating nearly all assets or eating seeds needed for future planting.—
Nurith Aizenman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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Scion disclosed a put on Nvidia in the first quarter of this year and liquidated nearly its entire equity portfolio.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The bill would pay for the creation of new dog parks and fund the cleaning of streets where dog owners fail to clean up after their pets, the same source reported.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Any future accommodation will be privately funded by King Charles.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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But as a scholar who has staked his career on the effect that history has on art, Greenblatt should know that the times are not made by one person alone.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Ottawa — ‘#WANTITALL’ is an unlikely hashtag for a country that stakes its brand on being humble and nice.—
Paula Newton,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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On the other hand, the conservative majority has expanded executive power, underwriting sweeping criminal immunity for the President, last year, and largely siding with the Administration to stay lower-court injunctions against it.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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That led to him underwriting and commanding the first all-civilian private space flight in history, September 2021's Inspiration4 orbital mission aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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