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Example sentences for: staking

How can you use “staking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

WG: They're all off staking out Kathleen in Richmond.
The Enquirer , which is staking out the strategically questionable territory of the tabloid with taste, explains that many celebrities "ask us to interview them and take their pictures."
Another issue that has candidates staking out positions is the prosecution of antitrust charges against Microsoft Corp.
As a result of the Star Wars deal, Galoob devoted more and more of its resources to that line, shifting money out of internal development, staking the company, in a sense, on this product whose existence depended utterly on staying in the good graces of Lucasfilm.
But with Java, Sun seems to be staking everything on that relationship.