Has anyone encountered a similar low-stakes scheme?.    From Wordnik.com.  [My UPS Store Keeps Scamming Me Out Of $1 - The Consumerist] Reference

Instead of high-stakes baseball, it was low-stakes fun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atlanta must be sick of seeing pinstripes] Reference

As I said, this is a low-stakes, low-effort recommendation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ferule & Fescue] Reference

It is just a different, low-stakes way of keeping in touch.    From Wordnik.com.  [davidrothman.net » Why should we care about Twitter?] Reference

Well, the good news is that this is a pretty low-stakes decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Six Fonts That Kill Webcomics and Comic Books] Reference

On a whim, I have taken the GMAT and the LSAT for free in a very low-stakes setting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Identity By the Numbers] Reference

Our natural tendency is to trust others, and for day-to-day, low-stakes interactions, that makes sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Ways To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You] Reference

Dance has always had a low-budget feel to it, which isn't much of an issue in the low-stakes summer season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ed Martin: Fox' "Glee"-ful Upfront Presentation] Reference

Being in the kitchen is an area which is totally under your control ... and if it fails, it's very low-stakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trying to Please] Reference

These are all impossibly more nuanced and perverse than what's happening inside a trifling, low-stakes videogame.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suicide Bombing Makes Sick Sense in 'Halo 3'] Reference

A retired judge in Arizona is daring to be the next victim of a country-wide crackdown on low-stakes poker games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Suspending military contact seems like a low-stakes way to express displeasure, especially compared to the alternatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why the Pentagon Needs Friends in Beijing] Reference

Emotionally, it's a low-stakes affair, which is another way of saying it's a little too much like summer for its own good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shelfari:] Reference

The Galts, an expansionist empire from across the sea, have tired of games of political espionage and low-stakes sabotage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Review: An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham] Reference

But choking in performance can even occur in low-stakes situations, such as the practice test in which Jared now finds himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choke] Reference

The idea of a complex system of low-stakes assessments feeding into school improvement seems to have pretty much escaped this group.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Standards, National Tests, National Stupidity] Reference

The idea arose when they looked at Discover's demographics: instead of fat cats, they found many downscale, low-stakes stock clickers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bonfire Of The Ad Agencies] Reference

I think the pace is a little too slow. and this feels like the set-up for something dramatic, but it leads to a pretty low-stakes scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Yogi’s Review Forum] Reference

They played quarter slot machines and low-stakes craps.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Let's start by whipping up a good-natured, low-stakes spat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diner's Journal] Reference

Who will win this low-stakes battle for Herb's immortal soul?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference

That testing was low-stakes; it didn't count much toward their mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

They wanted low-stakes wagering and amenities that highlighted Iowa's rivers.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The show will take a decidedly more low-stakes approach to the "Star Wars" world.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Inside the Box] Reference

In my mind, there's a cognitive basis to this form of low-stakes, casual writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disparate] Reference

Benyamine started playing low-stakes pot-limit games and eventually built up a decent bankroll.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Or if you're not up for debating, listen to our peers discuss and debate these issues in low-stakes settings?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Princetonian, 2010-01-15] Reference

It's low-stakes theater, with a heavily-padded script, and the show packs little emotional punch because of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Austinist] Reference

In particular, a low-stakes exchange between McGregor and Tom Wilkinson's mysterious professor is fraught with menace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metro Times] Reference

In an era defined by the endless quest for the big money, baseball on the radio is a decidedly low-stakes, low-tech venture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Royals Review] Reference

Callender said the low-stakes tables are aimed at players who are just learning blackjack and may be intimidated by higher-limit games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press of Atlantic City: Editorials] Reference

Mathematics achievement was measured by student performance on a low-stakes assessment linked to North Carolina middle grades standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [WorthPlaying.com - All about games!] Reference