raffle
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"The raffle thing isn't worth putting my family through the drama," he wrote.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
With a record number of Americans applying for British citizenship, the couple’s raffle may be well-timed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yamal’s family had entered a charity raffle organized by the Spanish newspaper Diario Sport and the United Nations Children’s Fund, known as UNICEF, and they won a spot in a promotional photo shoot with Messi.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
“My uncle took me to see a match. He had won two tickets in a raffle at his job,” Luna says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Wado,” said Ruth, handing Maggie a ribbon of blue raffle tickets.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It raffles off free Cane’s for a year to a “Lucky 20” customers who show up within the first few hours of an opening, offering Caniacs another reason to camp outside in the parking lot.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
These might include old-school offerings like block parties, back-to-school events, give-aways and raffles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
They have held auctions, organized raffles and invited influencers to participate in promotional clips.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
She has now set up a fundraiser and raffles to try and raise enough money for roof and kitchen repairs which she was told would cost around £30,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2023
Until the end of the wars Petra Cotes continued to support herself with the returns from her raffles and Aureliano Segundo was able to sack Úrsula's savings from time to time.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
As for Halloween night, she’s hosting a private party called Creature Camp; no raffled invites for that one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He campaigned on X to get the pay plan approved, and the company raffled off a chance for a tour of a Tesla production plant with the CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Between Thursday, June 19, and Sunday, June 22, participating chefs and restaurants throughout Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego are presenting unique pies to be sold or raffled whole or by the slice.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
Mitchell previously raised thousands of pounds for charity when he raffled tickets to see the 2022 Europa league final in Seville, where Rangers lost to Eintracht Frankfurt.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
The swag Wilfrido raffled off was pretty cool.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
A new extension to a school in Gloucestershire has just been opened, in part thanks to money raised by raffling off a signed Coldplay guitar.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2022
He's already selling greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, wine glasses, footballs, placemats and Christmas ornaments, along with raffling off tickets to see him perform.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
Chen and Mandell are raffling hand pies and selling tortillas, respectively, for the fundraiser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
With the raffling of the mule, Petra Cotes and he bought some more animals with which they managed to set up a primitive lottery business.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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