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Example Sentences
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Any bet on SpaceX or Tesla is ultimately a bet on Musk.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
“I’m gonna bet on myself a thousand percent of the time,” Harris said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Paul Carden, Southport's former assistant manager, said: "I don't think anybody could have predicted or scripted it. You wouldn't be 100% surprised, but you wouldn't have put a bet on him."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
But prediction markets allow traders to bet on all sorts of markets that are much wider in scope.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
I lost the bet on a technicality because examples were produced of solutions with a singularity that was visible from a long way away.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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