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Taking no action would have been the safe bet, Newsom said in an interview about his decision a day after he made the announcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Initially, Pratt bet a deer would be first to venture over the crossing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

"These results show that bet had an expiry date," Kowaz said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

But Revolution’s biggest bet is that Rasonque can do more than treat this one kind of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

“I don’t know why I didn’t think of it myself. We’ll catch those monkeys this time for sure. You can bet on that.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Most bets lose, and a few huge successes pay for everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, high-conviction sector bets have fared even worse.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Last year the Melbourne Cup drew a record $382.5 million in bets.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The investors cite a list of concerning factors including choppy markets and growing concerns about overexposure to AI bets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The good memories I have of these men—of helpless laughter, of bets won and pranks hatched— they are stolen away.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021

No one betted on Ms. Warren dropping out.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2019

Prosecutors alleged that local media coverage had "aided and betted the overseas media's contempt".

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2019

It was the precursor to the euro but the experience ended in humiliation for Britain when hedge funds, including the Hungarian billionaire George Soros, betted against the pound — and won.

From Fox News ● Apr. 5, 2019

Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The Davis Cup, for example, has an official sports betting partner, while in August self-described "prediction-market platform" Kalshi signed a multi-year deal with the US Open.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The German group said it is betting on a new structure to better capitalize on surging demand for chips to power data centers and humanoid robots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The betting platforms also had some significant miscalculations–often missing the same races that the polls did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

A lawmaker betting on a bill he’s voting on is corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The first antique shop was called George Pines, out on a ring road, wedged between a betting shop and a liquor store.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell