prop

Example Sentences

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The tiniest aspect of any game can be turned into a prop bet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

But they’ve led some prop bets to shrink to a maximum win of just $200.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Italy eventually responded with a try from replacement hooker Di Bartolomeo with Wales replacement prop Griffin shown a yellow card for a cynical offence.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Russia -- which fought two wars in Chechnya and in 2015 intervened in the Syrian civil war to prop up government forces -- has been a target for radical Islamists for years.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

‘Let’s sew our droppings into the skin and prop it up outside the farmer’s hut.’

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer