staked out

The pigs will have to be staked out in a wide variety of environments, and more experiments on human corpses would be desirable, as well.

They had an large and well staffed area staked out with lots of machines and employees to talk with about the game.

The reporters also staked out his family home, and took photos of the house and of his "wife" entering it.

The astronauts could have staked out a modest territorial claim to everything within a hundred miles of the landing site and sold it.

One Sunday morning I was staked out in a driveway, when I saw a large dog trot up to my car.

The only candidate to have staked out a new policy is Barack Obama.

Less than two centuries ago, new nations could still be staked out on terra incognita.

But it has a right to existence, a place staked out in advance .

The President staked out his position on the issue.

The monster rummaged in the rooms of her mind, hid in cramped closets, staked out the shadowed corners of her psyche.

The hotel has been staked out for some time by the police.

Something claimed in a formal or legal manner , especially a tract of public land staked out by a miner or homesteader .

To be sure, whatever common ground was staked out still seems rather sprawling.

Before long the Lost Generation had their territory staked out, and the young aspirants in letters and the arts follow it to this day.

For four days we staked out the only known site.

Staked out a place for herself in industry.

Mr Obama has staked out a third position. It is either the most reasonable or the most timid.

They staked out the area on which they intended to build.

John staked out a claim to( on) Mary.

You can see definite territories staked out by the various groups.

Of all the candidates, Mr McCain has staked out the clearest principles and stuck to them most doggedly.

Tom's staked out a claim to Susan.

The policemen have the suspicious passenger staked out.

Conflicting campaign promises staked out by each side will make reaching a compromise difficult.

Hey, the cops must have these places totally staked out at night.

Natalie's splinter group had staked out an area on the lawn.

The site for the new school has been staked out.

a pair of red-crowned cranes have staked out their nesting territory

Ranchers staked out homesteads often centered in a cottonwood grove, with ample water nearby;