bet (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bet (on)
Verb
  • Echoing his testimony from the third week of Combs’ New York trial, Nash says Combs also subjected him to violent physical assaults.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, Putin has been transparent about his objective—the destruction of Ukraine as an independent nation—and has subjected many people to almost unimaginable suffering in order to achieve it.
    ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Pascal wagered on eternal matters.
    Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • New customers in remaining states can wager up to $1,500 on any game and grab a bonus refund after a loss.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Is charging toward success worth jeopardizing connection?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But while cookware was included in the original draft, it was exempted from the final text after protests from cookware companies and their employees, who argued the ban would jeopardize jobs and was unnecessary on health grounds.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.
    Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
  • Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Court records show he is charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering children.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Bet (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bet%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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