wild card
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Investments in privately held companies remain a wild card.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
Of the four-person ensemble, I was most intrigued by Rachna Khatau, the wild card of the group whose roles are the most slyly scheming and unpredictable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
A big wild card for the project remains al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate that has expanded its war against the Somali government into border areas of Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“This is the big wild card for the Fed,” Guatieri of BMO said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
I need another moment where every wild card is in the same space at once, and I’ll get to be physically close enough to them in order to study their info.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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