How to Use gamble in a Sentence
- The mayor is gambling that the new policies will help rather than hurt the city.
- The mayor is gambling with the city's future.
- He would often gamble hundreds of dollars on a hand of poker.
- He's been drinking and gambling heavily.
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Before the apps, clients had to make plans for how and when to gamble.
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The Conversation,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2023
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At this point, Ohtani is not known to have gambled at all, let alone on baseball.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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At the end of the day, don’t forget to play for fun and gamble responsibly!
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Sponsored Content,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2024
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While these options may indeed be the answer, this is not the time to gamble.
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Mike Bugembe,
Forbes,
16 May 2022
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The people who will be buying in on the IPO are gambling on Arm’s future.
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Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
25 Aug. 2023
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In the years following the Sportradar deal, gambling on tennis soared.
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Kevin Sieff,
Washington Post,
7 Sep. 2023
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Now, the 54-year-old breast cancer survivor does not want to gamble with her health.
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Jon Lapook,
CBS News,
4 Oct. 2022
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Easy to get along with, big-time jokester, loved to play cards and to gamble a little bit playing cards.
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Omari Sankofa Ii,
Detroit Free Press,
11 May 2022
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Rose had to commit a crime to gamble, seeking out bookies to make his bets.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Mar. 2023
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That's the million-dollar question the non-Trump faction of the party is gambling on.
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Rafi Schwartz,
The Week,
21 Feb. 2023
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Bazley is the exact archetype of player whom the Sixers should be gambling on with their end-of-the-bench spots.
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Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2024
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Since he’s hurt, what is his current trade value and is a team willing to gamble on his health?
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2024
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And the league doesn’t distance itself from gambling anymore.
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Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Oct. 2023
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Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm.
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Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2024
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Lefkowitz himself started gambling at the age of 9 and was playing poker with his friends at 12.
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Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
5 Dec. 2023
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Critics pounced on him for gambling on the lives of people who make crossings of the English Channel in small boats.
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Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2024
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Others gamble that things will get better: that the fever will pass and people will come to their senses.
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Brynn Tannehill,
The New Republic,
24 Apr. 2023
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Someone who likes to gamble is a risk seeker, while someone who doesn’t is risk averse.
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Iese Business School,
Forbes,
15 Feb. 2024
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The test went well enough that both sides decided to gamble on an actual race in 2010.
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Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
3 May 2023
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The few Cal fans in the world might be sick enough of Fox to gamble on Kenny Payne’s recruiting connections.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Dec. 2022
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In Louisiana, as in most sports-betting states, the legal age to gamble on sports is 21.
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Katherine Sayre,
WSJ,
30 Nov. 2022
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Some of them were professional players who gambled on the side.
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Kevin Sieff,
Washington Post,
7 Sep. 2023
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The renaming was designed as a humorous way to promote the casino as a fun place to stay and gamble.
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Karu F. Daniels,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2024
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Its contestants were folks desperate enough to gamble their lives for the chance at a big payday.
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Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Nov. 2023
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As Venus and Uranus square off, gambling with your heart delivers spicy results!
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USA TODAY,
9 Aug. 2023
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For both slot machines and sportsbooks, the dollar amount of bets isn’t the exact amount of money Ohioans are spending while gambling.
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Sean McDonnell,
cleveland,
8 Aug. 2023
- Starting her own business was a gamble, but it paid off.
- She thought about starting her own business, but she decided it was too much of a gamble.
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In June, the Biden White House pushed all its chips in on a big gamble.
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Noah Rothman,
National Review,
9 Aug. 2023
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Black’s gamble paid off with his tick still in place at the time of writing.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2023
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Looking back on it, how does the team feel that gamble went?
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James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Aug. 2023
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What looked to be a gamble for Andonovski proved to be the safe bet.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2023
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That would be a gamble for any team making a move like that.
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Paul Hoynes,
cleveland,
19 Aug. 2023
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Ordering meats by the pound can be more of a gamble here.
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Tim Carman,
Washington Post,
3 July 2023
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The thrill of the pastime has always been this gamble: No one knows what’s inside the box.
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Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2024
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The gamble paid off for Schneidermann, who became CEO of the firm in 2019.
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Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2024
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The gamble paid off: The Milwaukee Bucks picked him in the second round with the 58th, and final, pick of this year's draft.
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Ryan Black,
The Courier-Journal,
23 June 2023
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Searching for the best flight deals can often feel like a gamble.
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Rachel Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Aug. 2023
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Cleona Ní Chrualaoí took a gamble and cast the movie themselves.
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Gregory Ellwood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2023
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But that makes the ICU a gamble that does not always pay off: sometimes, time is not enough.
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Krista Stevens,
Longreads,
28 Dec. 2022
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Such a trade would be a gamble even if Cal Quantrill returns in August.
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Paul Hoynes,
cleveland,
29 July 2023
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Blake Snell is good, but the Giants are taking the biggest gamble since D-Day.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2024
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Cat skiing, meanwhile, avoids the weather gamble and is a fraction of the cost.
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Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2023
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Crow-Armstrong’s attempt to take second on a ball in the dirt in was a gamble that backfired.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Sep. 2023
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Here’s a look back on the surefire hits, the potential disasters and the gambles that might just pay off.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 May 2023
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Choi says the gamble was a challenge, but ultimately worth the risk.
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Rebecca Souw,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2023
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Bacon-wrapped anything can be a gamble, because the bacon and the thing wrapped in it may or may not be cooked to the same degree.
—
al,
14 Feb. 2023
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And then Wade — the man who made that gamble — left halfway through Mabrey’s first season with hardly a word of warning.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Sep. 2023
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But with Meta following suit, his gamble may have paid off.
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Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2023
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While returning to a beloved role is always a gamble, Vaughn has been on a hot streak lately.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2023
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The team’s success in F1 has, in the company’s own words, made its marketing gamble pay off.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2024
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But relying on walkups is a gamble even in a business that runs on tight margins.
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Jeff Gage,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2023
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Betting on Richardson is a gamble, and one that likely wouldn't pay off for year or two in a best-case scenario.
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Josh Criswell,
Chron,
14 Feb. 2023
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The back-and-forth affair was sent into overtime when the Flyers took a gamble and pulled goaltender Carter Hart with 2:40 left to play.
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Jenna Ortiz,
The Arizona Republic,
12 Dec. 2022
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The data so far indicates that Oscar gambles are handled much like sports bets — very close to the event.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2024
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Community members went to the baths to catch up, play games and gamble, do textile work, chow down and even get their teeth worked on.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Aug. 2023
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