- present participle of bet.
betting
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With the U.S. trying to reduce its reliance on China for rare-earth metals, a few ventures are betting that the quickest route to new supply goes through the junkyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
So, in order to compete with ABC in prime time, NBC is betting on Lincoln Riley and the Trojans as its West Coast anchor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Real Madrid also counts Chinese companies among its main sponsors, with Hisense, sports betting firm Kaiyun Sports, and Linglong Tire all featuring prominently.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Built in 1938, the Littlewoods building was once used to process football pools betting slips, in which people tried to predict the results of matches.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The one Wall Street trader who had tried to persuade AIG FP to stop betting on the subprime mortgage bond market witnessed none of these internal politics.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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