as in risked
to take a chance on
a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster
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His father also lived a love story as he was saved by a woman who risked her life to do it and later married her daughter.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026 -
Tanizaki’s critique was, in part, a call for cultural preservation; aesthetic values with long histories risked falling by the wayside during a period of militarized globalization.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
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“Gambled (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gambled%20%28on%29. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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