crapshoot
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Ask any job applicant or manager about the hiring process today, and he or she will probably say the same thing: It’s pretty much a crapshoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
TSA has often been a crapshoot, risking pileups as travelers pulled laptops from carry-ons and novice vacationers struggled to untie their sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
“The reality is the transfer portal, to me it’s a bigger crapshoot than a high school kid,” Fickell said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
It has been two decades since Billy Beane famously branded the playoffs a crapshoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Fringe theatergoing is a crapshoot; that’s pretty much a rule.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The New York Herald Tribune straightway called for a coordinator of crapshooting; the New York Daily News, for a coordinator of gin-rummy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Director Dwight Hemion insisted that Comic Tom Poston carry three spare sets of dice for his crapshooting sketch with Costello.
From Time Magazine Archive
The short life of Christmas trees and their festal market has inspired produce dealers to describe this sideline to their business as "the greatest of crapshooting games."
From Time Magazine Archive
As an Army chaplain in World War I, Parson Spence discouraged crapshooting in camp by rolling sevens himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
That brought up tales of the old games, poker, faro, three card monte, blackjack, roulette—and crapshooting.
From Noble Redman by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
