How to Use stakeout in a Sentence

stakeout

1 of 2 noun

• The police were on a stakeout.
• The drug deal was witnessed during a stakeout of the building.
• Then, pull up the stakeout pole, flip it over and push to the next spot.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• That Monday—the first day of the stakeout—proved to be the most active.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
• There was a part of him that wanted the stakeout to just end.
  — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
• In 2012, Dumke and Joravsky wrote about a police stakeout of a grow house on the far south side.
  — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 20 Apr. 2018
• The advantage of the stakeout pole is stopping the boat quickly to make a cast.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• But cops hundreds of miles away were on to them thanks to a stakeout with a modern twist.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2021
• The area was so remote that during an 18-day stakeout, one agent saw a cougar kill a deer.
  — Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
• This was not Katie’s first rodeo with an after-school stakeout.
  — Jessica Knoll, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2018
• On the last day of his stakeout, a remote camera Uman had hidden on a desk at the end of the hallway on the sixth floor fell.
  — Lawrence Mower, miamiherald, 26 Jan. 2018
• The stakeout unfolded in the parking lot of an Olive Garden.
  — Jessica Contrera, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2022
• Despite daily stakeouts in the lobby, the press corps never saw him.
  — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 3 Mar. 2017
• Rourke is finally cleared to go back to work, and he and his partner (J.D. Pardo) have been assigned to a stakeout.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
• That was on full display Tuesday evening when Bolton answered the door during a media stakeout of his home.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
• The Capitol press stakeout grew in the midday sun outside the Senate’s east entrance on Wednesday.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• There, the couple decided to race past the stakeout on their way to Dodi's apartment off the Champs Elysees.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
• The team also sets up a nighttime stakeout to investigate mysterious light on the mesa, and the team also sees two UFOs in the sky above the ranch.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 5 July 2022
• Williams was captured during a police stakeout in May 1981.
  — Michele Corriston, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Sure, there’s plenty of suspense, intrigue and red herrings, but there’s also stakeouts, injuries and jumping fences to catch, or even get away from, the bad guys.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• This time, the search required a long hike up Mt. Kerinci, the country’s largest volcano, and a nine-hour stakeout before the bird finally appeared.
  — Joe Trezza, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• After a short stakeout, police nabbed Kid Riviera at a South Side apartment building.
  — Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2021
• McGinnis said police arrested the gang members after a stakeout near the residence of the mother of the child of rapper Future.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 July 2022
• His case attracted a large media stakeout outside the courthouse.
  — Kristin Hussey, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• But plans change when they’re forced to go on a stakeout together, allowing Samberg and Fumero to really build their chemistry.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
• Rare bird stakeouts are stressful for birders, especially for those who travel long distances for the chance to see the rarity.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 21 Mar. 2018
• Not long after, while Miller was on a surveillance stakeout in his car in a mall parking lot, his phone buzzed with an alert that the notorious market had been busted.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
• Investigators put the package back together and delivered it, setting up a stakeout near the St. Cloud home to see who would pick it up.
  — Sandra McDonald, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
• Vickers is accused of ambushing two officers who were on a stakeout Thursday night in Rochester.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• The stakeout also pays dividends when the team tracks down the mysterious masked man, who puts up a fight but is ultimately captured.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021

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stake out

2 of 2 verb

• The films of Jeremy Saulnier have staked out a unique space in film culture over the last decade.
  — Daniel Joyaux, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
• The next morning, the first camera crews were staking out their spots in the grassy plaza across the street from City Hall.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• Davis, the Fairfax County police chief, said Jiang had staked out the church in the predawn on Sunday.
  — Jessica Xing, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• Waves of Quakers, Germans and descendants of British colonists staked out more routes over the next 200 years.
  — Jayne Orenstein, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• Bring a blanket and a picnic, or buy one from a food truck, and arrive early to stake out a spot and play lawn games.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• This means peace of mind upon boarding—no more scrambling to the train to stake out a spot among the hoards of other riders.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2021
• For best viewing, Petro said would-be moon watchers should go out on Friday night to stake out a spot and look up and east.
  — Angela Eichhorst, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
• Anthropic is also among a crop of AI startups that have staked out a claim to putting ethics first.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Surprise Dad by packing his favorite foods, and stake out a spot at a local park.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 21 Apr. 2022
• Candidates on the Southwest Side stake out positions on the left, right and the middle 20th Ward: Ald.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2023
• The ants get food, and the fungi get room and board, plus careful tending by the ants and the chance to spread as the insects stake out new territory.
  — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
• Be warned: due to crowd convergence, staking out a picnic spot under the dreamy canopy may be tough.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023
• Those policies and the funding cuts stake out hard-right bargaining positions for the CR fight to come.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• Guests can stake out a bench, spread out a blanket or wander the landscaped pathways during the reading.
  — Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
• The iPhone was out there and people were developing these new apps, and this is a chance for Zuck to catch up, and to lay his stake out in the mobile market.
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 21 July 2022
• After staking out his decoys, Lane settled against the trunk.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• Campers can stake out the rain fly to create a 7.7-square-foot vestibule for safely storing cycling gear and provisions.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2023
• The person who posted on the social media account appeared to stake out the shopping mall where the shooting took place.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 8 May 2023
• Out of the park’s 13 campgrounds, roughly half are first come, first served—arrive as early as possible in the morning to stake out a spot.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
• The pool area has immaculate vibes and is worth staking out a cabana early for a full day of relaxing in the sun.
  — Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
• There are plenty of panel trellises with stakes out there that can accomplish the same goals.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
• The junket dates were staked out before strike talks began, one insider said.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 June 2023
• The city allowed cabs to stake out one spot per block, but taxi operators routinely parked as many as three cabs per block.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
• Jurado, the tenant rights attorney, has staked out positions that run counter to many of those espoused by the three politicians in the race.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Intuit’s quest to stake out new territories in the AI world is a key catalyst behind the job cuts.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
• On May 9, law enforcement officers tracked the fugitives to a motel in Evansville and began to stake out the location.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• That’s a controversial position to stake out in these days of Brexit.
  — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• And even though the visit wasn't on the president's schedule, anyone staking out the area could have been tipped off to his arrival by his motorcade.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
• Jameson Taillon, who was staked out to a 7-0 lead but gave up five runs in five innings of work Friday night, understands nothing comes easy.
  — Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
• While staking out a not-so-impromptu meeting with Luca’s wife, Tina, at a restaurant, Oz demonstrates the same back-and-forth emotional gaslighting that his mom clearly raised him on, without even really being conscious of it.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024