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ante

[an´te] (L.)

preposition, before.

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Modi will have to start talking sooner than later in the interest of peace rather than patting his military commanders on the back to consistently raise the ante against Pakistan.

Facing A Two-Front Situation and A Possible Third

After looking last month at the top-selling brands priced $20 and higher, we decided to raise the ante this month and focus on domestic wines priced $40 and higher per bottle.

Caymus leads off-premise brands at $40-plus

and the EU sought to raise the ante on Russia to engage in meaningful talks.

U.S., EU, Russia hold talks on Ukraine crisis

Apparently Israel's threat to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities remains a serious option, even though such an attack would have only a limited effect and would provoke Iran to raise the ante against Israel.

The nuclear twist

Israel will continue to raise the ante for as long as American administrations are willing to succumb to its wishes.

It's all about appeasing..

I'll raise the ante on this Mrs Frosty Knickers being (a) a total stranger to regular worship and thus (b) unaware that the adult Jesus kept strange company.