Example Sentences

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When Strug badly injured her ankle on a failed vault, and then anted up for another go, viewers cheered.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2021

Five years before that, he challenged the world health community to commit to a decade of vaccines and anted up $10 billion to get it started.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2020

Outlook: The Raptors did not do much in terms of adding talent from outside the organization this off-season, but they anted up a combined $165 million to retain Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2017

It helped when Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota and other coastal counties anted up to build the connecting roads.

From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2015

Every time his veterinarian friend came back and said he needed just a little more money before these Frankensteins dominated the cattle world, Giebel dutifully anted up.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger