gamble

Example Sentences

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"We took a really big gamble," said Brenner, now a postdoc at Yale.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Not only does the Ellisons’ gamble look less sturdy, but so do their sources of backup.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

It’s obviously a gamble, given that we don’t know if you will survive your wife or if she will outlive you.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

The shadow-fleet tankers’ decision to run the Strait of Hormuz is still a calculated gamble, even if they bear Iranian oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“I neither drink alcohol nor gamble, as you ordered. I don’t even smoke,” he pleaded with God.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat