odds
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But Cigar, at odds of 1-10, got caught up in a speed duel and wound up losing to a 39-1 long shot named Dare and Go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The odds of these maladies rise dramatically in your 80s, but serious health challenges are not uncommon in your 70s, as I sadly saw with my late sister earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
"But making the route commercially viable would require further warming, putting the policy at odds with efforts to combat climate change."
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
In earlier talks, both sides were at odds over the retirement age and bonuses, among other issues, according to Yonhap and local media reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The odds were swinging waaay into our favor.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing odds
"Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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