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He knew that outspoken players are often snuffed out first, and that his best bet was to keep a low profile.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Koontz said that while Lumentum management is making the case that there will be cost savings in the combined business operations involving semiconductors, data infrastructure and optical networking, he described it as a long-shot bet.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

If it walks like a bet and quacks like a bet, it’s a bet, not a trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Of all the celebrities I’d bet on botching their Halloween getup, Martha Stewart would have been the longest shot.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Finally —it seemed to take forever—one day, his mom said, "I bet I know!"

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Some traders who made leveraged bets on a turnaround in chip stocks in October got burned.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Few other firms can self-fund bets of that size without facing a partner run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Barrow said brokerage data showed hedge funds have taken an increasingly cautious tack by taking a more market-neutral stance, as their short positions, or bets against individual stocks, now offset their long positions.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Depending on where they put their bets, it brings on cheers or curses.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

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

He started Plugable and betted big that depending on Amazon would turn his idea into a business.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

No one betted on Ms. Warren dropping out.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 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

This proposal would stop officials from betting directly on decisions they make or know about early.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The risk shifts to Lumentum holders, who will get Marvell’s paper and will be betting that the stock holds up.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

He’s betting that loyalty is college football’s new inefficiency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

In Germany, though interest in the fight was at a fever pitch, there was almost no betting on the fight.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown