as in leaning
running in a slanting direction
the raked seating in the auditorium affords theatergoers an unobstructed view of the stage
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as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure
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Recent Examples of raked
Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2024
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The brown patches will need to be raked out and re-seeded.
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The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating Abraham’s death as a homicide, searched Thomas’ home and found evidence indicating a violent altercation had occurred inside, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by the sheriff’s office.Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Firefighters searched for survivors through smoke and rubble.Hanna Arhirova and Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Nick Bosa played through a hip injury to play Sunday, only to be knocked out of the game by an oblique injury.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Mookie Betts missed almost two months with a broken left hand while Max Muncy was sidelined more than three months with a strained right oblique.Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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His hair has a 50s, slick matinee-idol look, combed into a quiff ready for the double bill at the Almeida.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
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The 200-thread count windowpane plaid set is made of 100% yarn-dyed combed cotton percale.Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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After convention speech, what's next for Ramaswamy Former employees sue Dublin firm founded by presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Smart, driven, a little 'arrogant': How Vivek Ramaswamy's Cincinnati roots shaped him Ramaswamy attended Princeton Junior High and St. Xavier High School.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Langford founded and is the coach for the Avon High School debate team.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Of the more than 17,000 US high school students surveyed in the fall of 2021, more than half of the girls reported persistent hopelessness—double that of the boys.Melissa Petro, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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For this research, 347 US supply chain leaders from different industries were surveyed.Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Raked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raked. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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