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Rafael Carbajal, head of the county Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, told the supervisors that his agency has doled out about $46 million to landlords through its rent relief program.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the platform has doled out over $20 million to users since the start of the program.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

The administration has doled out more than $8 million in aid to affected families.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

He also pointed out the federal government has doled out billions to Metro in coronavirus aid and hundreds of millions more through the infrastructure law.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2022

I have not the figures at hand, though I have seen them; and it is hardly too much to say, that, where the society has doled out a penny, the Government has lavished a pound.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various