stacked deck

Example Sentences

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But the Raiders have been playing against a stacked deck.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021

However, the professor’s central assertion remains strong: that the solidarity of kinship is a stacked deck.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2018

Though it’s a brand new show, Fox’s “Gotham” is dealing from a stacked deck.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2014

But the Shockers will have to get through a stacked deck to make a second straight Final Four appearance.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2014

In his not terribly clean uniform, wearing knee-high Cretan boots, Captain Kontoulis scrutinized running lights, stacked deck chairs, lifeboats.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides