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And while no one would have betted against the film being nominated, there is next to no buzz about it winning.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018

Had his lordship been known not to possess the smallest chance, nine of those fair girls out of ten would, nevertheless, have betted upon him.

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

"Because," said the man, "I have betted four hundred zouzim that I could put thee out of temper, and I have lost them all through thee."

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

It would have been, generally speaking, very difficult to have betted on the winner.

From Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

"I might have betted after all, and been quite safe," she said.

From Second String by Hope, Anthony