Sentence examples for may wager from inspiring English sources

The hands-down winner is the Pentagon's plan to create a futures trading market in which speculators may wager on the likelihood of terrorist attacks, assassinations and other forms of mayhem.

When police arrested Mr Nimr in July , 2012 they claimed, unconvincingly, that the four bullet wounds he received in his leg had been the result of an exchange of gunfire.The Saudis may wager that the harsh sentence is more likely to act as a deterrent than become a cause for continued protest.

He was the beloved husband of May Wager Heap.

These investment executives have already locked in gains from last year, and may be wagering that Dell shares will not reach their previous depths of below $10.

The manager suggested he may have a wager with Depay about the number of goals he can score.

Perhaps Cherie can get in touch with Pandora so that we may have a wager she will not do so.

But under current guidelines, in force since Jan . 1 2009, amid concern about gambling and the potential for match fixing, no "covered person" may attempt to wager on tennis.

And then we realize that a failed wager may be what someone of his long history, as well as his long art, is bound to make if he is to redeem either one.

Though some of the wagers may never be settled, Mr. Brand is nothing if not a long-term optimist.

He may have been wagering that the momentum lost by cutting away from his narrative would be offset by the richness of this context.

Wagers may be made, but settlement will have to await a ruling by the gods of the game in bridge heaven.