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    stakes


    1. That sound like high stakes


    2. " Lmore chided about the paucity of the stakes


    3. My own boots – softened so that I may wear them without getting blisters straight away – plus an old pair of Gilla’s will have to suffice in the footware stakes


    4. In this case the stakes are big, bigger than anything he has attempted before


    5. This time, she thinks, the stakes are higher


    6. ‘True, but the stakes are now much higher


    7. They went to each of the evenly spaced little stakes marking the next post's location


    8. It proved of excellent advantage to me now, that when I was a boy, I used to take great delight in standing at a basket-maker’s, in the town where my father lived, to see them make their wicker-ware; and being, as boys usually are, very officious to help, and a great observer of the manner in which they worked those things, and sometimes lending a hand, I had by these means full knowledge of the methods of it, and I wanted nothing but the materials, when it came into my mind that the twigs of that tree from whence I cut my stakes that grew might possibly be as tough as the sallows, willows, and osiers in England, and I resolved to try


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    11. The large wooden gates in front of him were further protected by rows of wooden stakes that would allow a wagon through but only via a torturous S that meant no one could charge the gates


    12. It took over an hour to maneuver all of the vardos through the stakes and into the quad where they were placed in the traditional circle


    13. The One needs every bit of Consciousness that develops in this realm, the stakes are too high


    14. ‘watches’ everywhere and the stakes are


    15. “Raises the stakes to be in love, doesn’t it?”


    16. “Banging stakes in and then trying to string wire between them would be absolute suicide and whoever tried it wouldn’t last more than a few seconds


    17. “Remember we want prisoners dead Hun’s are no good so when we hear their wire party start to put the stakes in we will rush them


    18. “The later waves will be carrying the same as you but in addiation Vickers and Lewis machine guns and ammo, barbed wire and stakes plus what ever else is needed to consolidate the enemy terrain we capture in the attack


    19. We had been tripping up over the shit that they had made us carry like angle iron stakes, spiral stakes as well as water cans that were empty and had probably been riddled by bullets


    20. But Em was upstairs, and the last thing her sister needed right now was more high stakes drama

    21. But if nothing else, they kept each other out of the matrimonial stakes


    22. But this is just the latest skirmish in a very long war, and the stakes are higher than you can imagine


    23. If the stakes were high enough, he was capable of anything


    24. Whatever the reason he restrained himself now, I had no doubt that he would use all his power if the stakes were high enough


    25. The stakes were too high


    26. And I had to find out exactly how much of myself was at risk, to what measures he would go to force my obedience when the stakes were so high


    27. The stakes were very high


    28. They must be playing for very high stakes


    29. were bugging a lead on a high stakes poker marathon


    30. in conservatorship and the Treasury has taken controlling ownership stakes in them

    31. Those are high stakes


    32. the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; 3 For you shall break out on the right


    33. Some of the pursuits on offer are not to my taste; some of the members enjoy gambling for extremely high stakes, while others enjoy spending their time with one or more of the beautiful women who seem to be freely available


    34. stakes filtering the garbage so that the water may continue


    35. Older children ran through the crowd with wooden stakes, sticks, and rocks, pounding them into the ground to secure the web


    36. seemed he had pulled out all the stops in the fashion stakes tonight but he wasn’t about to spoil her evening


    37. a dent, it wasn’t Derek himself that was to blame, it was the fact that Petunia was winning in the social stakes, it was obvious too


    38. Tell me what do you prefer, burning flames, rolling heads, multitudes of stakes, blah, blah, blah?”


    39. The stakes are high, and the playing field


    40. Jesse bid on it and raised the stakes, as the guy across from us wanted it just as badly, he and the guy went at it

    41. for nearly six years for this new baby to come and the stakes


    42. The team had sounded out external security measures, determined the internal layout and positions of defenses, ammo storage, airplane positioning, and officer bunkers in order to determine where to place the aiming stakes and position the rockets and mortars


    43. And seeing that the vines were suitably supported on stakes and the ground moreover dug up and all the weeds rooted out and the vines fruitful he was greatly pleased with the work of his slave


    44. The field is this world; and the Lord of the field is He who created and perfected and strengthened all things; [and the son is the Holy Spirit; ] and the slave is the Son of God; and the vines are this people whom He Himself planted; and the stakes are the holy angels of the Lord who keep His people together; and the weeds that were plucked out of the vineyard are the iniquities of God's servants; and the dishes which He sent Him from His able are the commandments which He gave His people through His Son; and the friends and fellow-councillors are the holy angels who were first created; and the Master's absence from home is the time that remains until His appearing


    45. “The stakes are not as high as they might be in a student’s workplace


    46. “Maybe, I will just pull up stakes and visit some other friends out west somewhere


    47. Each big male stakes out a part of the woods


    48. Some of the houses were up on stilts—built of vertical stakes like bamboo, and roofed with thatch


    49. With every job the stakes got higher and when, on one occasion her misleading intentions were discovered by her mark as she rummaged through his strong box, she was required to fight for her life and Zerch ever near had needed to rescue her


    50. "I sensed this was going too slickly, but… I can think of only one thing—we play it as it lies, wait for the right conditions as long as feasible, then pull up stakes and try next year














































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    Synonyms for "stakes"

    bet stake stakes wager

    "stakes" definitions

    the money risked on a gamble