Sentence examples for set a stake from inspiring English sources

Set a stake in the soil and tie the growing stem to the stake every few inches.

To set a stake into the world of ride-hailing, earlier this year, the Volkswagen Group invested $300 million in Gett — one of the many companies taking on Uber in on-demand transportation.

Some observers had expected Waxman to set a stake on the left with his opening bid, but the package he'll unveil is more generous to businesses as they are forced to transition to an economy where the cost of emitting carbon is borne by polluters and not merely by the sky.

Set a stake at each end of the hedge that you are trimming.

Mizzen Mast beat Giant Gentleman by four lengths and set a stakes record in the $400,000 Strub Stakes at Santa Anita yesterday.

Pomeroy set a stakes record en route to a one-and-a-half-length victory over Weigelia in the King's Bishop for 3-year-olds.

The government is "setting a stake in the ground by setting a standard for broadband speeds in order to be a competitive nation," said Dan Hays, director of PRTM, a global management consulting firm in the telecommunications industry.

Merenptah had Libu prisoners of war impaled ("caused to be set upon a stake") to the south of Memphis, following an attempted invasion of Egypt during his Regnal Year 5.

The coalition outspent its opponents -- the tobacco companies and business interests that will end up paying for the health plan -- by more than five times and set a precedent for high-stakes lobbying with costly television and radio advertisements, coupled with extensive outreach to voters through focus groups, direct mailings and telephone banks.

"It's not about what happens in the halls of Albany, it's about what happens in people's living rooms, that resonates in a far stronger way," said Dennis Rivera, president of 1199, the health workers' union, which set a precedent for high-stakes lobbying last year by mounting a multimillion-dollar advertising and marketing campaign to help assure passage of an ambitious health care program.

In Wednesday's season finale, American and Russian agents set a series of high-stakes events in motion, and the dogged Beeman is at the heart of every scheme.