gamble

Example Sentences

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Buying perfume online can be a gamble: Unless shoppers have smelled the fragrance in real life, they have to buy it without testing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It was another gamble, like the earlier changes were, but this time it worked.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Skelton said the decision to release Calocane to the crisis team and return him to his accommodation was not a "gamble" or influenced by Calocane trying to "dissuade" him from sectioning him.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He believes Horizon’s entry into the market is a calculated gamble on perfect timing.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

I didn’t have a ballroom or billiards or a back room to gamble money away.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King