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gambles (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of gamble (on)

as in risks

to take a chance on a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster

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In Congo’s Ituri province, infection control worker Wiza Bondele risks his life daily battling the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, despite months of unpaid wages.

— Prosper Heri Ngorora, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
The trigger is a loss-of-control scenario, which the bill defines as a system taking actions its developer did not intend, at a scale that risks catastrophic harm.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

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