wager
Example Sentences
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They also wore hidden earpieces, through which they allegedly received instructions on when to wager on card games.
From BBC
I’d wager a wolf would sooner recognize a sheep as one of its own than a grinning pug.
Flores, Sable’s chief executive, wagered that he could patch a leaky pipeline that once caused a disastrous oil spill, ship tens of thousands of barrels of crude to California’s refineries—and earn a windfall.
He revved up his real-estate activities, working with a young neighbor to place big, long-term wagers, unusual for a nonagenarian.
Let them wager on a day’s move with short-dated options—Wall Street’s equivalent of scratch-off lottery tickets.
From Barron's
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