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Centering strategy on controlling the Strait of Hormuz is an extraordinary gamble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"To get subbed in, having not done any efforts in this team, or in this track, or in this order, it was always going to be a bit of a gamble."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Funding cuts to Jodrell Bank Observatory are "a gamble on the future of UK science and scientific research", a BBC Sky at Night presenter has said.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

A classic study published in 1990 by future Nobel laureate Richard Thaler and psychologist Eric Johnson found that people are much more likely to gamble after they’ve just gained a windfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“He laugh and say, ‘Don’t worry, ain’t no gamble the way I play cards.’

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Here, Holland’s Telemachus gambles Athena is hiding inside half the people he meets until his father chides, “Don’t look for gods in men, you’ll just be disappointed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Having just raised $122 billion in new funds at a valuation of $852 billion, OpenAI can probably afford a few speculative gambles.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Others are susceptible to competition against people with insider knowledge, like gambles on whether Lady Gaga will appear during the Super Bowl halftime show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Industry observers noted during that time that their planned lineup for the year was dotted with films believed to be high-stakes gambles, including “One Battle After Another” and Zach Cregger’s horror flick “Weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

A smaller group used credit default swaps to make what often turned out to be spectacularly disastrous gambles on the relative value of subprime mortgage bonds—buying one subprime mortgage bond while simultaneously selling another.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

From the messy set of ‘Apocalypse Now’ to the secret edits of ‘Star Wars,’ author Paul Fischer pulls back the curtain on how Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg gambled their friendships to build the modern blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

“At this point, everyone I know knows someone whose husband has gambled away all their money,” political influencer Emily Amick, 41, whose book club feverishly discussed “Strangers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

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 ● Mar. 21, 2026

Borthwick has gambled once again in selection, making just one change from last week.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

But he was decent and responsible, never gambled or lost his temper, and always paid his bills on time.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

As to whether the positives of sports gambling outweigh the negatives, his conclusion that it depends on whom you ask is unsatisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"It doesn't always feel like movements are driven by rational reasons - sometimes it still feels a lot like gambling," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Even so, as the line between investing and gambling grows increasingly blurry, it’s understandable that some consumers might get confused.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Critics say it amounts to gambling, regardless of how the markets are set up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

A chosen few went with the King to play three feathers, a popular Sparra gambling game of which Bull Sparra was very fond.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques