banking on
Example Sentences
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For now, most German states have lifted the Sunday trucking ban -- banking on a mode of transport with a far heavier carbon footprint than river boats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Paramount was banking on the swift approval of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She is banking on the revival of the nearby cement plant to save her community.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
It would sting for companies banking on the completion of data centers in jurisdictions where pauses are in place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The major point of the reinsurance operation is that they are banking on disaster,” he said.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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