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But that’s a bit of a gamble because time is just never on anyone’s side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

And, Asa writes, they’ll gamble “that they can fend off competition from used and refurbished devices, a market that is also growing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Then, she gets back to planning the biggest gamble of her life: going back to Venezuela to push for new elections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

However, waiting until age 65 is a gamble.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

John had a standing rule that anyone who came into the place to gamble had to check his guns if he had any.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Here, Holland’s Telemachus gambles Athena is hiding inside half the people he meets until his father chides, “Don’t look for gods in men, you’ll just be disappointed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Tino Livramento's departure from England's World Cup squad has exposed the gambles and potential weaknesses in head coach Thomas Tuchel's defensive selection.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Having just raised $122 billion in new funds at a valuation of $852 billion, OpenAI can probably afford a few speculative gambles.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

"During my 17 years in charge there were highs, lows, successes, failures, huge gambles and many mistakes along the way," Watt said.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

And then, on the twenty-ninth move, with the position equal, Fischer engaged in one of the most dangerous gambles of his career.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

When he gambled with a risky ball and failed to find a target, there was another uprising.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Tammy Wales, a travel agent from Ringgold, Ga., said she gambled on a mystery trip for research purposes: “I’m always looking for the best deals.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

From the messy set of ‘Apocalypse Now’ to the secret edits of ‘Star Wars,’ author Paul Fischer pulls back the curtain on how Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg gambled their friendships to build the modern blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

It’s not like they gambled away their family fortunes.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

An outrageous score, with an outrageous slice of luck presuming Carreras was gambling to get anything on the ball, rather than plotting that particular flightpath.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Alabama originally sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance in April 2025, alleging the app was engineered to hook young users "just like a sophisticated gambling machine."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Thirty-nine states allow sports gambling in some form.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Manufacturers are also gambling that they can fend off competition from used and refurbished devices, a market that is also growing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Imagine that I were to ask you to play a very simple gambling game.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell