wild card
Example Sentences
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This is their fourth with a bye — after going through the wild card last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The New York Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox in the wild card series by leaning heavily on starting pitchers Cam Schlittler and Max Fried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They also added that the plan to put the three of them together was a "wild card decision" by producers, which took them all by surprise.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
One wild card: The hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants who have lost the temporary protective status that allowed them to stay in the United States.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
I got another wild card plus a skip.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
