odds
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One punter had placed a £100,000 bet on the course on I Am Maximus at odds of 8/1 to claim £900,000 in winnings.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
None of that meant a thing to Clinton’s election odds either, although her loss did nothing to dim the womanist fury embedded in Jackson’s song.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
“As recession odds fall, inflation odds rise as we get price pressures without as much demand destruction,” said Marc Sumerlin, managing partner at economic-consulting firm Evenflow Macro.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“If you stick your neck out, whether it’s by climbing mountains or speaking up for something you believe in, your odds of winning are at least fifty-fifty,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
A man at the bar told Ellsberg that when his trial began, local bookmakers had set the odds at four-to-one in favor of the prosecution.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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