Example Sentences

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Perhaps general manager Rob Pelinka should have gambled on the 7-foot Williams, who was healthy for the remainder of the regular season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

The grandstands are full of spectators on weekdays and overflowing for the weekend finals, with animated fans cheering on their favorites and waving fists full of the Indonesian rupiah they have gambled.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2019

On Twitter, if the replies to your tweet vastly outnumber the likes and retweets, you have gambled and lost.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2019

The Mets have gambled, and so far won — big.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2015

“Four thousand...! I wouldn’t have gambled if I’d known you were this bliddy good,” he said.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz