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Example Sentences

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Most Americans planning to bet on the World Cup will be doing so for the first time.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

La Roux told An that West whispered to her, “I bet you think I just put women back about 10 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

But I bet anything Trump idolizes Grant more for his charisma, presence, and comic timing in comedies like Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Say it was a hot spring in New York and you wanted to place a bet on Polymarket about the temperature reaching 100 degrees in Central Park this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“No,” I said, “I’m not going to have any fit! I just thought of those monkeys. I bet they will get drowned in this storm. It would be just my luck.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls