luck of the draw
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That’s the luck of the draw, and it does not hurt you during your lifetime.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
So much of it comes to luck of the draw - if you are seeded and can avoid the big names and someone feeling good.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
The WB in the call letters led people to conclude it was a deliberate “get” for Warner Brothers, but it was the luck of the draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
You get a lot of those hotels and houses, by luck of the draw, if you land on Park Place …
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2023
It is the luck of the draw, or historical accident, whose name gets remembered as the discoverer of a new phenomenon.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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