roulette

Example Sentences

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At the time, each Southwest trip was a game of roulette.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

But he says the best part about assigned seating is picking where you sit in advance, instead of playing Southwest-seat roulette on board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Iain Jenkins said Eljamel "played Russian roulette" with his spine during the 1999 private operation carried out while he was captain of Dundee United.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Under the same example, the roulette player would have to report $10,000 of income.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Only in 1958, when he had stepped from behind the bar of another Zebra Room, would my grandfather have the leisure to remember his youthful dreams of roulette wheels.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides