gambled

Example Sentences

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“At this point, everyone I know knows someone whose husband has gambled away all their money,” political influencer Emily Amick, 41, whose book club feverishly discussed “Strangers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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 defeat was self-inflicted - Guardiola gambled with his starting line-up by making 10 changes to the side that lost at Newcastle on Saturday and the decision backfired in spectacular fashion.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

California’s governor gambled and won, raised his national profile and fortified his fund-raising base.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025

What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan