parlayed

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Ten years later, that became the flagship of his nationwide Turner Broadcasting System, the profits from which he parlayed into the launch of CNN.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The 36-year-old has parlayed interest in her daily musings into a one-woman publishing empire that is bringing in about $14,000 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

When he got a large elephant pin from Thailand — one handed out to athletes from that country — he parlayed that into 35 smaller pins, and he was hooked.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Tom Hicks, who died at 79, parlayed an early mastery of leveraged buyouts to create one of the world’s first modern professional sports empire.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

He parlayed not, but simply handed me sheets of quotations, bowed briefly, and walked out.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson