fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
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In recent times, games like Starship Troopers: Extermination and Terran Command have kept fans of the multimedia franchise busy, so perhaps this big-screen reboot has a fighting chance.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Liverpool are the only ever-present Premier League side Howe has failed to beat in any competition since taking charge of Newcastle in November 2021, but any team with Isak has a fighting chance.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
How could an embryo that was never supposed to have a fighting chance become someone’s beloved son?
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Neither of them had a fighting chance those days, since no cure was available.
—Madhukar Pai, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Liverpool are the only ever-present Premier League side Howe has failed to beat in any competition since taking charge of Newcastle in November 2021, but any team with Isak has a fighting chance.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
How could an embryo that was never supposed to have a fighting chance become someone’s beloved son?
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Neither of them had a fighting chance those days, since no cure was available.
—Madhukar Pai, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Fighting chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighting%20chance. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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