lottery
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For the 5,500 local fans with tickets to attend -- the lucky ones among a lottery entered by 33,000 -- optimism for the tournament about to kick off in their backyard was even brighter.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
In 2025 New York City’s summer-jobs program—the nation’s largest—drew roughly 200,000 applications for about 100,000 slots, and rationed them by lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Melissa Krider thought she’d won the golden ticket when she discovered she’d been selected in the Great Smoky Mountains lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The 50,000-person daily limit for entering the lottery was reached within three minutes on its opening day.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“Do you think we should buy a terminal of the lottery with an eighty-five? Tomorrow is the eighty-fifth day.”
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing lottery
Workshop 3, Part 1
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 1
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for April 16–April 22, 2022
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