luck of the draw
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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
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
Due to the luck of the draw, the six leatherback nests found during the study fell on “Dory days,” so there wasn’t enough data for a direct comparison with human performance.
From National Geographic • Sep. 13, 2023
“The first luck of the draw is to be pulled into the first nine,” said Tefank.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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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