hit-and-miss

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Examples

• As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

• As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

• The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

• The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

• Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.

• But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.

• But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.

• The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.

• He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.

• Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.