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lottery

noun as in drawing

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Both Ogier and Evans, along with many other drivers, had criticised conditions in Saudi Arabia, describing the new rally added for 2025 as "a lottery".

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England's hopes of levelling the Ashes in Brisbane are dependent on a pink-ball "lottery", says former bowler Stuart Broad.

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Further east, Lithuania and Latvia have compulsory schemes, with cadets chosen by lottery.

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Like lottery winners, wealthy individuals fear their offspring might blow money they haven’t had to toil for.

Let them wager on a day’s move with short-dated options—Wall Street’s equivalent of scratch-off lottery tickets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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