gambled

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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

"Like many legacy automakers it gambled on motorists making a quick move to EVs - and lost as the world shifted."

From BBC • May 14, 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

The 21-year-old art history major says she had never gambled on anything before, but as an Oscars obsessive she surmised that Timothée Chalamet’s “Marty Supreme” campaign was on shaky ground with traditional voters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Woolf had gambled everything, and it seemed to have worked.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand