Rather than risk bias, they decided to pull out of the hat the winner's name.

Even though she's the new kid on the block, she already volunteers at every local event.

The margin for error in that experiment could be written on the back of a postage stamp, so we had to be extraordinarily careful.

After months of headaches and balance problems, the diagnosis revealed water on the brain.

The committee felt trapped between the hammer and the anvil as they had to choose between massive budget cuts or layoffs.

At dinner, Sam leaned over and murmured "gazelle in the garden" when he noticed a tiny crumb on Mia's lip.

After the meeting, we chewed the fat for an hour over coffee.

After the meeting, the team stayed behind, chewing the fat about last year's project and sharing ideas for the future.

They discussed belling the cat but hesitated when no one would take the risk.

The farmer belled the cat after it kept stealing eggs from the coop.