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You can bet that Blanche won’t make Pirro’s mistake.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Cabana said that forcing traders to bet blindly on the path of Fed policy will build in higher rates and tighten financial conditions.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Volatility is ticking higher in the $30 trillion Treasury market as investors bet that yields will push higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“You can never perfectly predict the future but if you said, ‘Hey, place a bet on it,’ I would be very confident placing it that he would be back pitching.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

“I bet if I ran all of the time I could be as fast as you,” I said.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Sophisticated hedge funds used them as funding shorts to amplify their bets on highflying semiconductor names, power stocks and shares of other companies cashing in on the massive AI buildout, McElligott said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Stocks have shot higher over the past four trading sessions, and investors who are worried about missing out are piling into bullish options bets just to try to keep up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

A reversal of such bets would ripple around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

For a time, Aschenbrenner’s bets did look prescient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Obsidian Kings, who started out with more bets than the White Sharks, are now falling behind.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021

He started Plugable and betted big that depending on Amazon would turn his idea into a business.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

No one betted on Ms. Warren dropping out.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2019

Prosecutors alleged that local media coverage had "aided and betted the overseas media's contempt".

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2019

Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The company that sparked the AI boom fell behind rival Anthropic after betting on consumer chatbots and flashy side projects while its smaller competitor seized the lead in AI coding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Altman initially staked the growth of the business on ChatGPT, betting that more people would subscribe to the chatbot as AI became a bigger part of their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Attorney General Letitia James said New York's gambling laws protect children from underage betting and help fight gambling addiction.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

He added: "If I was a betting man, which I'm not, I would still bet he will get his final four-year term."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

On the final page, under a sketch of my mockingjay pin, Cinna’s written, I’m still betting on you.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins