inveterate
Example Sentences
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Mr. Macron, an inveterate political gambler, who in 2017 became the nation’s youngest elected leader, announced his re-election bid just a day before the deadline, against the background of the war in Ukraine.
From New York Times
Mr. Macron, an inveterate political gambler who in 2017 became the nation’s youngest elected leader, announced his re-election bid just a day before the deadline, against the background of the war in Ukraine.
From New York Times
Her first marriage, to an inveterate gambler, took her on a tour of Europe’s casinos, and in one of them she had a chance encounter with the famous mathematician John von Neumann.
From Scientific American
Although her painter mother and inveterate gambler father divorced when Claudia was young, they remain very present in her and her brother’s lives.
From New York Times
President Emmanuel Macron, an inveterate political gambler who in 2017 became the nation’s youngest elected leader, announced his re-election bid just a day before the deadline, against the background of the crisis in Ukraine.
From New York Times
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