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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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The company has settled a legal proceeding related to a lease agreement, agreeing to pay $100,000 in rent and $13,953 in nonrefundable rent deposit.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The developers agreed to pay him another $50,000 later, the indictment said.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The country also offered an exemption from the 10% sales tax to defray car costs, which is slated to phase out in 2027.Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
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This reluctance was on display when PG&E wanted to hike rates to defray $5.9 billion to bury 2,0o0 miles of power lines.Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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And there's been a lot of reporting showing that that's paid off.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things Amazon Has Gotten Right Infrastructure investments are paying off Amazon has spent years doing a lot of heavy lifting: building out both cloud and e-commerce infrastructure.Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The second couple moved into the vice presidential residence at One Observatory Circle in D.C. and started liquidating assets.Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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As a victorious president-elect, Trump would also be free to liquidate his stock in Truth Social at its peak market.Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Robert Wright, a resident of the Julian St. James Neighborhood, has advocated for an appointment, calling it a special opportunity for a good person that might not have access to the resources needed to fund a campaign.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Alone, the tax would fund freeways (40.5%), bus transit and bus rapid transit (33.5%), and major roadways and regional transportation infrastructure (22.5%).Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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Each candidate has staked its campaign on clear themes — Trump promises to bolster the economy, vowing to enact tax cuts and tariffs on goods produced outside the U.S. Analysts say, however, tariffs typically pass costs onto the consumer, resulting in higher prices.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Moss had, at the time, already staked his claim for the job.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Businesses fail if proceeds do not recompense all expenses used in producing and delivering their products.Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
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The farmers argue that they should be recompensed by Texas under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment.Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
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This campaign is underwritten by US Bank, and the deadline to adopt a family is Nov. 15.Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
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The gala was again underwritten by Gucci and roughly half of the notable looks were from Gucci’s creative director and gala committee chair Sabato De Sarno.Mark Guiducci, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Grubstake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstake. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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