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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet (on)
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Parisa keeps the cringe train chugging along by subjecting Grant to a full-on PowerPoint presentation about their future together, including creepy AI pictures of her pregnant.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025 -
Aside from arguing the executive order’s constitutionality, the states say the order would subject all the children affected by it to deportation and make many of them stateless.—
Gene Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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This will be the first Super Bowl held since North Carolinians could legally bet on it, and the event could break records for money wagered in the state.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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The easy access has made it so those of a younger generation can wager on nearly every sporting event in the world.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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The play is a social drama about the female minister of a Black church in Harlem whose standing in the community is jeopardized when her estranged husband, a jazz musician, turns up again needing her help.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2025
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In a letter, Warren warned that interference with these systems could jeopardize trillions in transactions, Social Security payments, tax refunds, and Medicare benefits.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?—
Sam Manzella,
Flow Space,
30 Sep. 2024
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Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2024
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Critics hell-bent on passing off Ike's concerns as endangering our national defense would have seen their remarks fall on deaf ears.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The whales are considered critically endangered, with a population estimated at around 370 and only 70 actively reproducing females, so the birth of each new calf is heralded.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Bet (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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