flip of the coin
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To be ready for the myriad cameras capturing the flip of the coin, both captains have to be in place a good two minutes before getting on with the ceremony.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
And I hope our fellow Angelenos and the media will show humility and recognize we just got the lucky flip of the coin toss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025
Syracuse’s innocuous profile seemed both boring and inoffensive, a true flip of the coin.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2021
Sri Lanka won the toss in unusual circumstances after a second flip of the coin because the match referee couldn’t hear Kumar Sangakkara’s first call.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
Imagine that there are two envelopes, marked A and B. Before you are shown the envelopes, a flip of the coin determined which envelope has money in it.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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