bank on

Example Sentences

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Kevin Warsh will be grappling with greater uncertainty and less uniformity at the Fed when he probably takes over from Jerome Powell as head of the U.S. central bank on May 15.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Limited demand pressures and Middle East uncertainties should keep the central bank on hold in the near term, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The network appeared to bank on that cross-promotion and corporate synergy by casting her as The Bachelorette to resuscitate its long-term decline in ratings.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

But that summertime snow bank on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada is disappearing early, and fast — dropping to 38% of average for mid-March statewide.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

He’d just have to bank on the fact that they had more important things to worry about than a missing prisoner.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer