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Buying into the first generation of a folding product is a gamble—especially when it’s meant to replace your main work device.
THE WORLD’S FIRST FOLDING PC IS UP FOR PRE-ORDERS. HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW.STAN HORACZEKSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Her HBO show, I May Destroy You, has been a massive hit and has paid off her gamble from 2017, when she rejected a $1 million Netflix offer to buy the show rights because the streaming giant wouldn’t give her copyright royalties.
AMERICAN ANGER: TOO HOT TO HANDLE?NICK FOURIEZOSSEPTEMBER 27, 2020OZY
Venture capital is by its nature a gamble—it’s right there in the name—and every gamble comes with the risk of heavy losses.
‘HOW I BUILT THIS’ HOST GUY RAZ ON INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
Pouring money into plastics is a desperate gamble for Big Oil.
BIG OIL’S HOPES ARE PINNED ON PLASTICS. IT WON’T END WELL.DAVID ROBERTSSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOX
That being said, it’s a gamble that in the long run pays a positive net return.
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORTS GAMBLING (EP. 388 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 20, 2020FREAKONOMICS
During the summer of 1968, then-lagging network ABC took a gamble on how to cover the Republican and Democratic conventions.
VIDAL VS. BUCKLEY PLAY REINVENTED AS FILMPATRICK FOLLIARDAUGUST 8, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
If we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
He was never so happy as when taking chances; his whole life was a gamble, with Providence holding the bank.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
They often dine together: the ladies love music and dancing, and some of the men gamble as much as the Portuguese.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
The Texan went off to rub down his horse, mend his accoutrements, squat around the cooking fires, and gamble with the drivers.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
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