gamble
Example Sentences
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In Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, near-daily drone barrages have imposed a furtive rhythm to residents’ lives, making every trip to the market, school, health clinic or a relative’s home a gamble.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
And for China, as the crisis continues in the Strait of Hormuz, its own gamble on Russian energy appears to be paying dividends.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Nearby, dusty sacks of potatoes are piled along the field edges, some loaded onto trucks, others left to sit for weeks, as farmers gamble on prices that rarely improve.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
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
He had a secret to keep, a gamble he had made years earlier and remade with each race.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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