gambles (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of gamble (with)
as in endangers
to place in danger you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gambles (with)
  1. endangers
  2. threatens
  3. risks
Verb
  • In response to that case, a biotech CEO recently warned in these pages that letting courts and politicians second-guess the FDA’s scientific judgment endangers the whole drug pipeline.
    — Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Similarly, a citizen who violates technology export or import regulations could be banned from leaving if the action endangers industrial or technological security, the regulation says.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of endangers
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  • After five shootings in less than a week left at least 46 people dead, South Africa is wrestling with how to tackle a spike in gun crime that threatens to undo recent progress in reducing its notoriously high murder rate.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Now, the growing popularity of AI search with consumers threatens to reverse that progress.
    — Dax Dasilva, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatens
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  • The policy, however, risks a downshift in hiring and an uptick in the unemployment rate, though such fallout typically takes hold after a lag time lasting several months.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That seemingly sound advice from the master of the field now risks backfiring, Doctorow argued.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of risks
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“Gambles (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gambles%20%28with%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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