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stake out

  1. Keep an area or person under police surveillance; also, assign someone to conduct such a surveillance. For example, They staked out the house, or He was staked out in the alley, watching for drug dealers. [c. 1940]



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Different groupings are aligned with Burhan, with Hemedti, or trying to stake out a neutral position.

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ICE agents stake out immigration hearings for people with refugee status and round up people here with work or student visas for minor offenses like speeding tickets, all to get the numbers up.

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Past experience shows that in this new emotionally charged environment, different groups will stake out positions based less on scientific evidence and more on cultural worldviews.

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Its solution, for now, is to continually stake out middle ground when conflicts between the two branches’ agendas arise.

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The device found March 2 is similar to other equipment used by burglars who want to learn the schedules of their would-be victims without having to stake out a neighborhood.

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