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• There was a plan to figure out how to put money on the table.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022
• Now who wants to put money on Rock being asked to present the Best Actor award next year?
  — Vulture, 8 Apr. 2022
• Prince is the one who won’t put money on it, Hill says, because Prince has seen what the 13-0 Bulldogs have been doing all year.
  — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
• What’s your record prediction? 91-71 put money on it right now.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• Or go out and put money on Visa gift cards bought at Dollar General or elsewhere.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2022
• Arnett said, for example, there are more than 250 ways a bettor can put money on a single NBA game.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• If kids put money on top of this innocent-looking box, a feline thief will poke its head out, pause for a second and then snatch the money away.
  — Rachel Rothman, goodhousekeeping.com, 13 May 2023
• To start, pick up an Octopus card at the airport (the 7-Eleven in the arrivals hall sells them), put money on it, and use it the rest of your trip (including your journey from the airport).
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2021
• There are people who have never set foot in a prison, have never written to anyone inside or put money on their books.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• While the mystique of Apple is helped by this visual clue to popularity, this doesn’t put money on the bottom line.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• Allowing someone to pay by Zelle might be easier than asking them to put money on gift cards.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2022
• Social Security isn't going to call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2021
• Boxing fans frequently put money on the underdog, because the faint hope of a big payout is more exciting than the near-certainty of a small payout.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 5 June 2021
• Another $217 million was lost when consumers put money on gift cards or reloadable prepaid cards as requested during a scam or fraud.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2024
• Rather than functioning as a credit card, the Cash Card generally works as a debit card users can put money on from their bank accounts or via money they’ve been sent or paid through direct deposit.
  — Adario Strange, Quartz, 13 May 2022
• For nearly two years, everyday Americans put money on a crypto platform called Gemini, earning high interest rates for their money at a time when those can be extremely hard to come by.
  — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
• An unidentified man driving a car registered in Kirkpatrick’s name later arrived at the Albany facility, tried to put money on her account and was rebuffed by jail staff, court documents allege.
  — oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2022
• There was everything out there — people who were going to put money on a convertible note with no prepayment penalties, people looking to charge high interest rates, people who were looking to basically sell your deposits at SVB for a discount.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024