Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chess, a gambit played by the second player. See
gambit .
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Examples
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The Netanyahu counter-gambit appears to be based on an offering to exchange pieces with the Palestinians: Israel offers, '' take your state within provisional borders in line with Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad's intention to unilaterally declare such a state within the coming year; in return, accept that other Palestinian claims (on East Jerusalem and the question of the Palestinian refugees) be set aside for the foreseeable future ''.
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The Netanyahu counter-gambit appears to be based on an offering to exchange pieces with the Palestinians: Israel offers, '' take your state within provisional borders in line with Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad's intention to unilaterally declare such a state within the coming year; in return, accept that other Palestinian claims (on East Jerusalem and the question of the Palestinian refugees) be set aside for the foreseeable future ''.
IPS Inter Press Service Jerrold Kessel and and Pierre Klochendler <editor 2010
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Threatening to split Texas into five states would be an effective Republican counter-gambit.
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Threatening to split Texas into five states would be an effective Republican counter-gambit.
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