wild card
Example Sentences
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Fery, a virtually unknown British wild card with a triple-digit ranking, has become the emotional heartbeat of Wimbledon while legitimately diverting some national attention from England’s World Cup quest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
And then there’s the wild card: interest-rate differentials.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Not Williams’s layoff, not the comeback, not the Super Bowl-style fuss, and certainly not Williams’s decision to accept a wild card to return to singles at Wimbledon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
They may have given her a wild card, but nobody’s going to give her a break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“I got a wild card, and I say we’re going back to mellow yellow, baby.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
