Example Sentences

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Investors have bet new drugs can topple Merck’s Keytruda, but the evidence so far points to something smaller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

GameStop rose to prominence as a "meme stock", which sees retail investors buy up shares in unloved companies that professional investors have bet against, causing the share price to rise and fall sharply.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

I would have bet that as a more diverse and tolerant population came of voting age, old divisions would fade slowly into history and the U.S. would keep pushing toward higher elevations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Investors in 2026 have bet that consumer staples companies might not be hit as hard by AI disruption as software names and other tech firms that are seen as facing displacement risks from AI.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

I beat the cough out of my system, the best I can, at least, before pushing the man aside with more strength than I’d have bet I had.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera