Similar words: take steps, take shape, take stock, take stock of, make a mistake, take seriously, it takes all sorts, stake. Meaning: [steɪk] n. the money risked on a gamble.
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151. Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Belarus's maverick leader, upped the stakes by ordering a cut in transit shipments of Russian gas to the EU, arguing it was also owed money.
152. Eugene O'Donnell, a professor of law and police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the stakes for all sides were high.
153. Male bisexuality poses an even greater threat: The stakes of being "a little bit gay" are so much higher for men than for a women.
154. Absurd side effects occur when people are afraid to concede that they will break the rules if the stakes are high and there is any prospect of getting off scot-free.
155. If that's the problem , maybe you should pull up stakes.
156. S. law surrounding patent enforcement has changed substantially and the stakes have gone order of magnitude.
157. The stakes continued to rise, some betting two, some three taels , so Trinket put on two and won two; with the next throw he lost one tael.
158. We had to conduct this confrontation for high stakes in the midest of a Watergate crisis.
159. Democrats in Congress have called on Obama to make a personal appeal for the bill which is on a high stakes course this week.
160. The political stakes for the president and congregational democrats congressional Democrats are enormous.
161. There was no doubt in my mind about the geopolitical stakes.
162. So, parents, lighten up . The stakes have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize our pushiness .
163. More than 107,000 people attended the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore to watch Shackleford speed to victory on Saturday.
164. Those who were not able to strike down the stakes should believe in God devoutly.
165. For a criminal the stakes are higher and the dividing lines sharper.
166. It's a hole new look for the Polo. Volkswagen is upping the stakes for its long-serving supermini in a bid to keep up with the trendy new Ford Fiesta.
167. Skilled archery unit lightly armoured but equipped with a large shield. Able to lay stakes at start of battle.
168. For many women[Sentencedict.com], profession and family are pitted against one another on a high - stakes collision course.
169. Red Stakes: Lateral Water Hazard, include all unmarked rice field.
170. Italy's financial crunch has prompted Rome to consider selling stakes in major state-owned companies such as power utility Enel or oil and gas supplier Eni, according to news reports.
171. The company runs google. cn, its China-registered website, in a joint venture with a domestic partner, as Chinese law bars -foreigners from holding controlling stakes in the internet content business.
172. The stakes only get higher as you and your marriage age and you have children or other large financial responsibilities.
173. Besides the usual jumping, falling and tumbling, performers will also show their excellent techniques by climbing upon a high table or by stepping on five wooden stakes.
174. The intellectual stakes are high, but, unfortunately, the novelistic means are limited.
175. Men pull up stakes in the Russian village of Muslyumovo,(http://sentencedict.com) literally disassembling an older home so that it can be moved from the heavily contaminated region to a new location.
176. It could borrow cash and return it to shareholders via a special dividend, or use the funds to boost stakes in firms such as Chile's SQM or China's Sinofert.
177. The stakes are high, including the risk of default, ruined credit, lost opportunities to attend graduate school or buy a home, or even wage garnishment.
178. laissez-faire French capital theoretically stricter than hardline Sudan in the fashion stakes.
179. And when investment banks start losing money, they pull up stakes and evacuate from the corporate lending market to cut their exposure.
180. New Zealand is showing that it, too, is ready to play its part in the great Antipodean censorship stakes.
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