gamble
Example Sentences
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You don’t want to end up like this lost soul, lugging his giant gambles through the hellscape of his own mind:
The deal, announced last year, is a gamble that moving into health-and-wellness will provide the kind of growth that Wall Street has sought, and that Kimberly-Clark’s consumer staples have failed to deliver.
The gamble paid off and within four months he could see again in one eye, a moment which he describes as "incredible".
From BBC
“Heated Rivalry” is a big payoff for the Canadian company that took a gamble on the gay hockey romance.
When he speaks off the cuff it’s a gamble—he doesn’t know what he’s going to say either!—and gambles are exciting and diverting.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
