RAKED UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

raked up

verb

past tense of rake up

as in smoked out

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Sentara Health, a hospital system in Virginia with more than $14 billion of revenue, recently went through a contract dispute with Anthem, the health plan owned by Elevance Health.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
There is a perception that vineyards and wineries are owned by rich people who don’t need help from the government to survive.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026

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The message comes following Tuesday morning’s memo from David Ellison, chairman and CEO, and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, which acknowledged that layoffs will be part of the process of integrating the two companies.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Misheck Mutize, AfCRA’s chief architect, acknowledged that the agency’s main role would be to steer Africa’s $4 trillion savings into African assets rather than changing how foreign investors see the continent.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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During the renovation, a grenade from the Spanish Civil War was unearthed—fortunately defunct.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The museum held priceless treasures unearthed at some of Mesopotamia's most renowned archaeological sites, including Halaf, Dura-Europos and Mari.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of unearthed

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The network apologized; Rather defended the report initially but conceded after several weeks that the materials should not have been used.

— Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Mark Klukow, assistant chief of operations with the law enforcement agency, acknowledged the issues and conceded there was mismanagement in the past.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of conceded

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Heartstopper alum Locke confessed to THR that his first read of the script was emotional.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Wagner added that even if Yust’s attorneys had made mistakes, there was no reasonable probability the outcome would have been different, citing strong evidence that included testimony that Yust had confessed to both killings.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026

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