Example Sentences

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He told GB News he had gambled £800 that he would lose Central Suffolk and North Ipswich to the Conservatives.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

We had gambled that success would be rewarded with more funding, especially federal funds.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

Using that metric, analysts had gambled that Sun’s stock was undervalued even when it was trading at more than 10 times its revenue — a value its business couldn’t ultimately sustain.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

They had gambled that the border would be less secured, which turned out to be correct.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021

Woolf had gambled everything, and it seemed to have worked.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand