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shot in the dark



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It was a "shot in the dark," Wang said, given that the two scientists had never conducted a study in humans.

From Science Daily Feb. 28, 2024

Yet Toyota isn’t taking a shot in the dark.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2024

“Three times is excessive. I think they're just taking a shot in the dark here. It just sounds like a ‘Hail Mary’ pass,” Carolyn E. Demarest, a retired state judge, told the Daily Beast.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2023

I think making music in general is just a shot in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2022

It was a shot in the dark, but he decided to try it.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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