bet
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“It was going to be an aggressive bet on AI, we all knew there was going to be volatility.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Two years ago, Walt Disney Co. made a big bet on Epic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway has upped its bet on the U.S. housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Almaraz plant in the western region of Extremadura was slated to close in 2028 as part of the government's plan to shut all nuclear reactors by 2035 and bet heavily on renewables.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Rowdy, if you did make a wish,” I said, “I bet I know what you wished for—a big bone or a meat rind.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
At his peak, his fund controlled some $100 billion in assets, including the enormous sums he was borrowing from banks to supersize his AI stock bets, from semiconductors to software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Should markets further pare rate-rise bets, in line with Commerzbank’s expectations for three rate cuts next year, the dollar could face further losses, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The trading firm posted its worst month ever in July after bets at Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund soured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Sometimes boring businesses are the most lucrative, something I learned from De Leon’s bets on med spas and real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The entire planet of Frobozz was in a PvP zone, and both magic and technology functioned here, which meant that all bets were off.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021
He started Plugable and betted big that depending on Amazon would turn his idea into a business.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
No one betted on Ms. Warren dropping out.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2019
It was the precursor to the euro but the experience ended in humiliation for Britain when hedge funds, including the Hungarian billionaire George Soros, betted against the pound — and won.
From Fox News ● Apr. 5, 2019
Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Hichilema, a 64-year-old tycoon won the presidency on his sixth attempt and was betting on job creation and an ambitious infrastructure drive to secure a final five-year term.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mr. Lipscomb, who had proved the telegenic potential of gambling, thought legalization of sports betting was coming and urged Mr. Silver to flip the NBA’s oppositional stance and reap “a multi-billion-dollar windfall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bournemouth, who have extended their stadium sponsorship with Vitality insurance to the front of their shirts, will still have betting advertising.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
When it comes to elections, most states have laws prohibiting election betting in some form or fashion, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released in June.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are two cards it could be; he’s betting on one, and you’re betting on the other.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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