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Recent Examples of speculatorThe Casino element is obvious: speculators bought $SCIHUB hoping for returns, driving its $20 million market cap despite only $500,000 reaching Sci-Hub.—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 Ginsberg also noted that the grind back to record highs comes as large speculators take out larger short positions, betting that prices will fall.—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 June 2025 My favorite account of the crisis of 1907 was that of Jesse Livermore, one of the largest speculators of the time.—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 Initially, some speculators were concerned that homebuyers would be hesitant to purchase in an area that recently burned.—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for speculator
Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
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David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2022
Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
Several other pros hinted at the same notion that an 18 handicapper could not possibly finish 18 at Oakmont, at least not with the allotted dozen balls.
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Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 June 2025
Elections handicapper Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicted earlier this month that Democrats would win back control of the House.
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