gamble

Example Sentences

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Several years ago, when headquarters was virtually empty thanks to the pandemic-era remote-work policy, he took a gamble parking in a spot at the end of a row dedicated for Stellantis vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal

That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.

From Salon

"We took a really big gamble," said Brenner, now a postdoc at Yale.

From Science Daily

Winning cures most ills, and there is a calculated gamble from Gould, Key and co that England have a good chance of success over the coming months.

From BBC

We hoisted the carcass up on the tripod and fixed the hind legs with the gamble stick.

From Literature