gambit
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Sedaka’s gambit paid off: “Oh! Carol” was a Top 10 hit, popular enough to generate an answer record — King’s husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote “Oh! Neil,” which failed to be a hit for King.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
He has only given you that $1,000 as an opening gambit, and now he wants something from you, but he is too Machiavellian to ask for it outright.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Plus, cleaning up cloud storage, Google’s TPU gambit, Meta goes on trial and a “Fitbit for farts”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
When it comes to capex, Meta is making the biggest gamble, and if it doesn’t hit, the company will have to pivot again, much like it did around its Metaverse gambit.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
When she told gambit stories, all the kids would crowd around her.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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