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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  1. endangers
  2. threatens
  3. risks
Verb
  • This spews pollution into the air and endangers workers and surrounding neighborhoods.
    — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Our leaders should retire a relic that endangers people and animals alike, and retire, once and for all, the small and nasty politics used to defend it.
    — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of endangers
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  • At least 19 people have been killed, school classes have been canceled, and the disruption threatens the kingdom's ambitious plans to transform itself into a global hub for business, tourism and sports.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, the debt burden is being increasingly exposed to market volatility that threatens to make interest costs even steeper.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of threatens
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  • If the person holding key intellectual property or leading the company risks losing status, immigration planning ceases to be a personal ordeal.
    — Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But even if the Election Commission is not systematically targeting voters based on their identity or their political preferences, the exercise still risks disenfranchising millions through sheer ineptitude.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2026.

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