gamble
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In Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, near-daily drone barrages have imposed a furtive rhythm to residents’ lives, making every trip to the market, school, health clinic or a relative’s home a gamble.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Nearby, dusty sacks of potatoes are piled along the field edges, some loaded onto trucks, others left to sit for weeks, as farmers gamble on prices that rarely improve.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Buying perfume online can be a gamble: Unless shoppers have smelled the fragrance in real life, they have to buy it without testing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Skelton said the decision to release Calocane to the crisis team and return him to his accommodation was not a "gamble" or influenced by Calocane trying to "dissuade" him from sectioning him.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“But what I was going to say is that the vet took a gamble with Klawde today, and he lost. You did warn him.”
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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