raking
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Gatwood hoped to put in a new fence and was raking some rocks and dirt to make the yard smoother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
As refineries crank out more fuel to meet demand, energy companies are raking in billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I was not disappointed: there, raking the horizon, stood the jagged incisors of the Himalaya.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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