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ante

noun as in wager

Strong matches

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On Thursday, he upped the ante a little more by saying that Europe have the chance this week to "go down as one of greatest Ryder Cup teams in history".

From BBC

This is a knotted situation that could become even worse domestically if Rangers were not so hell-bent on raising the ante in the crisis stakes.

From BBC

Pyongyang has upped the ante in recent weeks, with leader Kim Jong Un's sister rebuffing efforts towards reconciliation made by Lee's government.

From BBC

And Season 2 really ups the ante because now he’s in a position of leadership and no one is helping him navigate this new space.

A close study of dermal changes may reveal whether a burn was ante- or post-mortem, according to one paper.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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