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raking

British  
/ ˈreɪkɪŋ /

noun

  1. rugby the offence committed when a player deliberately scrapes an opponent's leg, arm, etc, with the studs of his or her boots

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Simple shrub clearing and mulch raking can cost next to nothing, but at Yardzen, an average full landscape redesign is around $50,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

After a multiyear drought in tech IPOs, Wall Street’s equity capital-markets desks are raking in fees again thanks to the artificial-intelligence boom.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Before firefighters had finished extinguishing the blaze, I found Liliya Velyka, a 28-year-old book blogger, raking through the smouldering ruins, seeing if anything could be saved.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

They were starting from a much higher base, each with more than 35% of households in the high-income category, raking in north of $200,000 a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I scanned the marsh, raking my eyes through all the bodies moving across the ice, the children in their bright coats and wool hats, shrieking and laughing.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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