the stake
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Regulatory filings show he pledged out most of the stake in financing deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Walter’s group had acquired the stake only last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Anthropic signed off on a sale of the stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Buying the stake in Liverpool gives the 62-year-old a potential route to eventually take over at Anfield despite reports he will be a 'silent partner'.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
A little before 4:00 p.m., in a driving rain, Tom Bolles’s freshmen paddled upriver to the stake boats and took their starting position, with Columbia on one side and California on the other.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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