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Recent Examples of bookmaker
According to the plea agreement, from November 2021 to March 2024, Mizuhara transferred nearly $17 million from the account to associates of the bookmaker in more than 40 wires without Ohtani's permission.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Providing the bookmakers are right and Birmingham are destined to go up this season, their financial landscape will change once again via a return to the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) employed in the Championship.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
It was expected to be less of a game than a slaughter: Georgia was favored by bookmakers to win the game by more than seven touchdowns.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
If the bookmakers are correct, Makhachev will end 2025 with the UFC title in his hands.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Providing the bookmakers are right and Birmingham are destined to go up this season, their financial landscape will change once again via a return to the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) employed in the Championship.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
It was expected to be less of a game than a slaughter: Georgia was favored by bookmakers to win the game by more than seven touchdowns.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
If the bookmakers are correct, Makhachev will end 2025 with the UFC title in his hands.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookmaker
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Amy joined the company as a bookseller in 2006 and after 13 years bought it, rebranded as Lion's Mouth Bookstore and moved the location to downtown Green Bay, opening Nov. 3, 2019.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps no one has more experience displaying books than a bookseller.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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He was injured last year which kept him off the Kentucky Derby Trail, and handicappers and race analysts love this horses talent, but not the far outside draw with the short run to the first turn.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Pro handicapper and bettor Brad Powers points out in his college football newsletter that Notre Dame and Penn State have the best against the spread (ATS) records at 27-11-2 for Notre Dame including 10-straight covers and cashes entering the Orange Bowl, and Penn State 26-14-1 ATS.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Riley's story began to unravel after an anonymous tipster — revealed in the docuseries to be her old friend, Lisa Berry — reached out to investigative podcast producer Nancy Moscatiello about the alleged scam.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Mangione was detained in Altoona, Pa. on Dec. 9 after a tipster called the police at a local McDonald's.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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But that's not happening, said one longtime oddsmaker.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Never mind that the Bills had been favored to win that game by more than a touchdown, or that, before the start of the season, oddsmakers had ranked the Bills among the top eight teams, out of thirty-two, most likely to win the Super Bowl.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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The contracts, whose value can also be settled for cash, can be traded among speculators who hope to make money by betting that the price of gold will increase or decrease in value before the settlement date.—
Nathan Mahr,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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With the assistance of Brazil’s military government, speculators seized valuable waterfront land from Black residents, who retreated to the hills.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Bookmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookmaker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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