crapshoot
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My experience in Lisbon and relatively smooth sailing in Paris and Rome this month underscore the crapshoot travelers face under the European Union’s new automated border-control system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Our travel columnist Dawn Gilberton’s experience in Lisbon and relatively smooth sailing in Paris and Rome this month underscore the crapshoot travelers face under the European Union’s new automated border-control system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It’s just a crapshoot based on physiology,” Lesch said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Thuc Nhi Nguyen’s pick: This pick feels like a crapshoot considering the Chargers likely will make drastic personnel changes once they know the result of Saturday’s Pittsburgh game that will affect their playoff seeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 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
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."
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As a Senator from Kansas, Vice President Curtis himself perfected a sort of crapshooting style of finger-snapping that was the envy of younger Senators.
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Director Dwight Hemion insisted that Comic Tom Poston carry three spare sets of dice for his crapshooting sketch with Costello.
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The New York Herald Tribune straightway called for a coordinator of crapshooting; the New York Daily News, for a coordinator of gin-rummy.
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That brought up tales of the old games, poker, faro, three card monte, blackjack, roulette—and crapshooting.
From Noble Redman by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone