best bet
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Duke: Poker forces you to really accept how little you know and how much luck is in the system, and then to still make your best bet anyway.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The best bet for this scenario still remains after the midterm election.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
His best bet is to get close and just keep working.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Anbritt Stengele, founder of the sports-themed trip-planning company Sports Traveler, said your best bet might be tickets at matchups featuring non-top seeds like New Zealand or Curaçao, the smallest qualifying nation ever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Her best bet if the council turned her down was to find a parking lot someplace where the boys could play, or else to cancel practices altogether.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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