as in to risk
to take a chance on
a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster
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But experts, diplomats, Cuban Americans and Cuban private entrepreneurs have been warning the administration that a complete halt of oil supplies would risk the country’s total collapse, since the population was already enduring a profound humanitarian crisis.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Public acknowledgment of the clash risked escalating into direct confrontation between nuclear powers, a step that, in 1952, many feared could ignite a third world war.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Gamble (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamble%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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