gamble

Example Sentences

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With a squad of 26 you can afford to gamble with one player and Stones is worth the gamble.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The gamble has paid off: Vyas, along with his two co-founders, said he has raised over $4 million to build their company, which he describes as an AI-powered tutor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Not only does the Ellisons’ gamble look less sturdy, but so do their sources of backup.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

He had a secret to keep, a gamble he had made years earlier and remade with each race.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand