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- adjective
sloping - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rake .
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Examples
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The word raked at her, but Angela had always known it was possible.
The Good House Tananarive Due 2003
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In a Senate speech Tuesday, Durbin raked Bush administration officials over the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo.
06/17/2005 2005
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| Reply just out of curiousity anyone know how much money jackson raked from the lotr trilogies? whatever it was, it wasnt enough! those were amazing movies.
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Crovax's sword raked down Volrath's back, laying open his skin.
Nemesis Thompson, Paul B. 2000
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Call raked up a little sand and covered the chest wound with it, pulling aside his shirt.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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Call raked up a little sand and covered the chest wound with it, pulling aside his shirt.
Streets of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993
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Thai police: Insurgent attacks in south wound 17 Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a car bomb and raked a karaoke restaurant with gunfire in Thailand's restive south, wounding at least 17 people in back-to-back attacks in the volatile region, police said Sunday.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a car bomb and raked a karaoke restaurant with gunfire in Thailand's restive south, wounding at least 17 people in back-to-back attacks in the volatile region, police said Sunday.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I went and saw more than twenty Bushels of Salt raked, which is the most hath been raked in any one day yet.
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Most tournaments have an entry fee while ring games are raked, meaning a fixed percentage of the pot is taken out.
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