Sentence examples for staked by from inspiring English sources

Tournament poker players are regularly staked by investors.

In this regard, the Promise can be seen as an exorbitant ante, staked by private funds, that calls to Kalamazoo's better angels.

Billions of dollars was wagered on the game, almost all of it staked by people who live in states where sports gambling is against the law.

SATURDAY 8 a.m. 4. Beach Bagging The adjacent west-coast Eagle and Palm Beaches are lined with towering resorts and staked by beach clubs.

Like the Omaha investor's recent $23 billion move on Heinz, this deal blends consumer goods, cheap debt and private capital staked by billionaire families.

A much better claim can be staked by the 1942 film This Gun for Hire, adapted — very loosely — from Greene's 1936 novel A Gun for Sale.

Luckily, before she can make them shoot, she's staked... by Alaric, who seems to have woken up on the right side of the bed.

Those leaks raised the stakes by embarrassing even the pope.

AT&T had already reduced the stake by $1.6 billion.

Marsh & McLennan Risk Capital cut its stake by 50percentt with the $105.6 million sale.

Mr. Burge opened the bidding by calling out $58 million and raised the stakes by $1 million increments.