odds
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Men using Wegovy showed the highest signal overall, with odds 116 times higher than expected.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
A scenario where the crucial Persian Gulf waterway remains mostly closed through the end of August would further deplete global Brent crude supplies and increase the odds of a “2008 train wreck scenario.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Her mum and dad told us she had saved herself, and survived against all the odds.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“The Wreck of the Mentor” makes for less-guilty adventure reading, depicting a scenario where the odds were leveled by circumstance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The people on the other side—the entire financial system, essentially—had gambled with the odds against them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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