11.   Profits can take a hit as a result.

12.   Profits can take a hit, as a result.

13.   Profits take a hit as a result.

14.   Profits take precedence over RBIs and earned run statistics.

15.   Profits took a back seat to potential.

16.   Profits took center stage.

17.   STOCKS RISE, BUT BIG GAIN ERODES Stocks rose, but profit taking kept the increase in check.

18.   The fact is real profit takes real work, real plans, real experience.

19.   The former maintain that terroir is the critical factor in the making of fine wine and that profit should take a back seat to tradition.

20.   The Jacksonville index drop mirrored the broader market, where optimism dimmed that corporate profits will take off later this year.