grubstaked

past tense of grubstake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstaked
Verb
  • History, and Ruzzin's literary career, reflect that his gamble paid off.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Boston Red Sox seemingly went all in to sign free agent infielder Alex Bregman during last offseason, and it's paid off in a huge way.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Busta also paid tribute to the late MTV VJ Ananda Lewis, who died in June at 52 years old after first being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The trade has paid immediate dividends for Boston.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To end the game, the Panther defense stood tall.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To help get through that period, the association cut staff by about 25%, liquidated as much as $85 million worth of investments and opened a $150 million revolving credit facility to meet operating cash needs.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In turn, this pushes the coin's price even higher and results in more positions being liquidated.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Grubstaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstaked. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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