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a person or thing that is chosen
your best bet would be the scenic route along the coast
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Recent Examples of bets
Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, have been under league investigation since July after an Ohio gaming commission flagged suspicious betting activity on prop bets.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
One case alleges that six defendants, including Rozier, used insider information and in some cases altered their performances—by allegedly faking an injury, in Rozier’s case—to manipulate bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
After Rozier played just nine minutes and never returned, the bets won.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Anybody betting the Under on his points, rebounds or assists won their bets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The scheme came to light thanks to monitoring services that track bets and look for unusual patterns.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Bonds can be relatively safe bets.
—David McMillin, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Similarly, if an existing account that typically bets $50 on certain games suddenly places a $1,000 bet, that outlier behavior could trigger an investigation.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Told no at every turn, Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
In Thursday’s indictment, federal investigators accused Rozier and other defendants of breaking the law by exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, have been under league investigation since July after an Ohio gaming commission flagged suspicious betting activity on prop bets.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
One case alleges that six defendants, including Rozier, used insider information and in some cases altered their performances—by allegedly faking an injury, in Rozier’s case—to manipulate bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
After Rozier played just nine minutes and never returned, the bets won.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Anybody betting the Under on his points, rebounds or assists won their bets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The scheme came to light thanks to monitoring services that track bets and look for unusual patterns.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Bonds can be relatively safe bets.
—David McMillin, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Similarly, if an existing account that typically bets $50 on certain games suddenly places a $1,000 bet, that outlier behavior could trigger an investigation.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Told no at every turn, Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bets
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Outside of flights, players also often set up with or are invited to high-stakes poker games, with cities such as Los Angeles and Houston cited as popular for gamblers, according to a source.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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This had an actual problem to keep them apart that is very high stakes for both of them.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
23 Oct. 2025
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There aren't a ton of great options in free agency, though there may not be too many choices at all via trade either, as most teams have their starter and backup quarterbacks locked in and won't be looking to part with either at this point in the year.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some of the most popular choices include partridge pea, butterfly pea, ragweed, blackberry, pokeweed and American beautyberry, Edge said.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the span of 46 minutes, there were 30 wagers from a professional sports bettor that totaled $13,759 on the under for Rozier’s points, rebounds and assists, which caused several sportsbooks to close down prop betting on his statistics.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Legal wagers on sports grew to $160 billion last year in the United States —far more than the just over $100 billion spent on lottery tickets, according to Matheson.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Jayhawks entered as favorites and scored the game’s first seven points.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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At this point in the year, there are a handful of players who have separated themselves as potential Heisman Trophy favorites.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The new browser looks a lot like traditional ones such as Google Chrome, but puts ChatGPT at the center of the browsing experience and weaves AI into the user experience.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the country has pioneered a Blue Economy—an ocean-first approach that puts conservation before consumption, sustainability before spectacle.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jennings, whose own son Shooter Jennings just released a new Waylon album, Songbird, appears on a handful of selections on The Real Thang.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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While boot trends have been getting taller in recent years, plenty of ankle-height selections still made it onto our list of recs for this season.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Bets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bets. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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