Interest
Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.
Stakes
Stakes noun - The money risked on a gamble.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Cross Game ups the drama stakes by introducing Akane, a girl who looks identical to Kou's love interest and dead older sister of Aoba, Wakaba Tsukushima.
Source: Identical Stranger - Lyrics/Video Mismatch: "Take Your Time", in which a man attempts to show his interest to a woman in a low-stakes conversation, has a video with a Domestic Abuse theme.
Source: Music / Sam Hunt - He stakes his claim to being the show's newest Big Bad in the first episode of Season 5 by brutally murdering Sydney's love interest right in front of her, but he proves over the next several episodes to be a singularly inept Arc Villain instead.
Source: Big Bad Wannabe
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