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In 2015 the streamer bet on Matt and Ross Duffer, then first-time showrunners, for “Stranger Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Plus: Monster floods threaten Nepal’s hydropower bet, a trio of Pacific hurricanes and what’s really powering China’s EV boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

If Conor leaves Las Vegas with the WBC belt around his waist, you would not bet against his father being back for defence number one.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A luscious and melancholy white-soul song that I’d bet Phil Collins admired back in the day — and that Justin Bieber would probably flip for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

I bet he never even bothered opening his books at home, and in class he refused to pay attention, so of course he needed help.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Long-run Treasury yields cooled slightly but are still hovering near their multiyear highs as investors raised their bets the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates at its meeting next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Nonetheless, Howe is confident that Netflix continues to outshine its competitors, noting that the streamer is still in a “growth mindset” that bets on original ideas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Asian stocks tumbled Friday as oil prices extended gains and bond yields held at multi-year highs as the Middle East crisis stoked supply concerns and a forecast-topping US inflation report ramped up rate hike bets.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Federal authorities are also preparing to bring charges against a U.S. servicemember suspected of placing Polymarket bets on military operations that earned him more than $1 million, the Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Still, it was, like most of their bets, a long shot.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

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

I have money on Wigan staying up, betted a few weeks back.

From BBC ● May 6, 2013

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

Markets are betting on Fed hike next week.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The tech company is betting that making AI agents easy to use will get normies to adopt them in their daily lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The analysts put the chances for a hike at the Fed’s meeting in two weeks at under 50%, while betting markets recently were putting it just above 50%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Tommy & Tuppence” is far from the only new fall show worth betting on.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Just like Ariadne. I’m betting you can see the right path. The Labyrinth won’t be able to fool you as easily.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan