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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
Verb
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Speaking after an assessment meeting with the army’s chief of staff, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Iran will pay a heavy price for harming Israeli citizens.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
Verb
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One of his top customers created an online fundraising campaign, hoping to raise $20,000 to help defray some of the losses.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Conservatives, particularly from the Freedom Caucus, held out for steeper spending cuts to defray costs piling onto the nation’s $36 trillion debt.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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What To Know On Thursday evening, Tesla announced that customers looking to purchase a Cybertruck would be able to get loans with 0 percent APR to pay off the vehicle.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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That longer, slower journey appears to have not paid off.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Federal prosecutors said Pratt liquidated his assets, fled the U.S. and lived as an international fugitive for more than three years before his arrest in Spain in December 2022.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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Others may be returned to seller partners, donated or liquidated.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Getty Images The House tax and spending bill would push millions of Americans off health insurance rolls, experts said, as Republicans cut programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to fund priorities from President Donald Trump, including almost $4 trillion of tax cuts.—
Greg Iacurci,Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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To that end, Iran has funded, trained, and at times even created various proxies, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and various terrorist militias in Syria and Iraq.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Morel’s three-run homer and Walls’ RBI double staked Tampa Bay to an early 4-0 lead.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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Jones is gone to Indianapolis, and in his wake, Schoen and Daboll have staked their reputations and jobs on the quarterback room being improved by adding Wilson, Winston and Dart as replacements.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
Verb
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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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Most Germans now believe that the United States is unwilling to underwrite European security, could stop its assistance to Ukraine, and might even draw down its military presence in Europe.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Apr. 2025
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The funds go toward helping insurers mitigate the risks of underwriting disaster relief policies.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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