odds
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ICI also takes the position that existing state law already includes the “return to post office” standard, which is at odds with the controller’s view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
"But making the route commercially viable would require further warming, putting the policy at odds with efforts to combat climate change."
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
A sportsbook sets odds to balance its own risk and profits when bettors lose.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Matt Wilkinson, a 250-pound left-hander with a throwback nickname, defied the odds to make his big-league debut on Wednesday for the San Francisco Giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
With so many people watching this catastrophe unfold, the odds that any one of them would offer to help were tragically slim.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing odds
"Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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