See ambigu on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2010, Stewart N. Ethier, The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling, page 731:",
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"ref": "1898, Matilda Betham-Edwards, A Storm-rent Sky: Scenes of Love and Revolution, page 46:",
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"ref": "2010, Stewart N. Ethier, The Doctrine of Chances: Probabilistic Aspects of Gambling, page 731:",
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