Wild Card (sports)
A wild card is, in general, a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.
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nor small fish glitter and dart,
only the anemones and flower
of the wild sea-thyme
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of an old sea-city at rest.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
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—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)