raffle
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Even with all the fanfare, the man giving out raffle tickets at the front entrance encapsulated it perfectly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
For those who hit all bookstores — with stamps to show for it — the grand prize awaits: a raffle entry for a $325 gift card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Yamal’s family had entered a charity raffle organized by the Spanish newspaper Diario Sport and the United Nations Children’s Fund, known as UNICEF, and they won a spot in a promotional photo shoot with Messi.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Buffett has lavished praise on the executive for his preternatural ability to craft offbeat policies, including insuring Chicago’s tallest building against terrorist attacks and Pepsi against having to award a $1 billion raffle prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Mom told me she had entered my name in a raffle at a fair, and I’d won a helicopter ride.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
These might include old-school offerings like block parties, back-to-school events, give-aways and raffles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
They have held auctions, organized raffles and invited influencers to participate in promotional clips.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
For some reason, he keeps entering raffles for travel but has not won another one since we got married.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Twelve fights took place, with businesses sponsoring the event, seats sold and raffles organised.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2023
Aureliano Segundo was so busy trying to maintain the prestige of his raffles that he barely had time to see the children.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
When they got back from their trip to America in March, they noticed that others had successfully raffled their homes on the British website Raffall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
He campaigned on X to get the pay plan approved, and the company raffled off a chance for a tour of a Tesla production plant with the CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Between Thursday, June 19, and Sunday, June 22, participating chefs and restaurants throughout Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego are presenting unique pies to be sold or raffled whole or by the slice.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
Players on both teams wore memorial jerseys bearing Johnson's name and number, which will be raffled.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023
The swag Wilfrido raffled off was pretty cool.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Leigh got the idea after reading a New York Times article about Imelda Collins, who raised about $1.4 million last year by raffling her two-bedroom cottage in Ireland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
A Grade I listed church has raised £22,300 towards a new heating system by raffling off a Maggi Hambling painting.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
He's already selling greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, wine glasses, footballs, placemats and Christmas ornaments, along with raffling off tickets to see him perform.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
The piano had been rolled out from the social hall, and Miss Lulu was playing what she must have thought was an appropriate cake raffling song.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
