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
"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
Traders set odds by themselves by betting against each other on outcomes from elections to interest rates to the weather, and the platform earns a fee on the trade, not on who wins.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Perhaps counter-intuitively, El Niño can also increase the odds of cold weather late in the winter, although the links are rather loose.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Around 4 Sv, the odds of survival drop to 50 percent.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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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