Example Sentences

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Buyers of Fannie Mae stock have been gambling that interest rates will continue to fall.

From Time Magazine Archive

But for the past three weeks speculators in the City have been gambling on "generous" terms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even worse, many firms have been gambling that interest rates will soon decline by shifting their borrowing to short-term loans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look here, Helen, I have been gambling: I staked all I had, even to my life, to win you, and I have won.

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

You have been gambling for my sake: I have guessed it.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente