Example Sentences

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Investors who had been betting on a government-backed deal to save Spirit Airlines are now facing big losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In covering, or closing out, short positions, traders buy the shares they had been betting might decline.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

That translates to less support for continued economic growth than the market had been betting on.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Those investors drove the companies’ stock to new heights while big investors ate large losses because they had been betting against the stocks.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

At least that’s how I seen it, and if I had been betting, I would of been a winner more than not.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson