Nothing less than the governor's reputation is at stake in this latest investigation.
Over 100 jobs are at stake if the government refuses to reduce taxes for the company.
Jobs, the economy, endangered species, the environment; all are at stake in the government's discussions on the
protection of the old forest.
There is a Chinese proverb that states, "If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time."
The President is staking his future on the current peace talks.
What is at stake here is the
team's last chance to make the playoffs.
He has sold his 10% stake in the company.
An American company owns a significant stake in the Italian car manufacturer.
The government has promised to hold discussions with all stakeholders involved in this issue before making a
decision.
On June 16, 1456, King Charles VII of France annulled a judgment of heresy against Joan of Arc, 25 years after she had been burnt at the stake.
You'd better sharpen that stake a bit if you want to stick it in the vampire's heart tonight.
The villagers were gathering stakes to stab the vampires that lived in the castle on the hill with.
Now that the tent is up, we'd better pound some stakes into the ground to keep it from blowing around in the wind.
Martin Luther King once observed that there is nothing more dangerous than to build a society with a large segment of people in that society who feel that they have no stake in it; who feel that they have nothing to lose. People who have stake in their society, protect that society.
In 1556, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was burned at the stake as a heretic.