gambled
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That is also true among people who went to Las Vegas and gambled their savings on a spin of the wheel, and those who bought lottery tickets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Tammy Wales, a travel agent from Ringgold, Ga., said she gambled on a mystery trip for research purposes: “I’m always looking for the best deals.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bonilla had excelled with the Mets earlier in his career, and they gambled that he could recapture the production of his youth by taking on the last two years and $11.65 million of his contract.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
In a funny way, they existed only so that their fate might be gambled upon.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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