fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
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For a relatively short time, its path will curve just far enough north to give those north of the equator a fighting chance to glimpse it.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Goat of the game QB Carson Wentz: The 32-year-old signal caller didn’t give his team a fighting chance.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
The hope is that the takeover by The Friedkin Group (TFG) will give Everton a fighting chance in the market again, but what are their January plans?
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
And that means democracy will always be in with a fighting chance — because sometimes manipulating an election can backfire, as Sheikh Hasina, the erstwhile prime minister of Bangladesh, learned this year.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Goat of the game QB Carson Wentz: The 32-year-old signal caller didn’t give his team a fighting chance.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
The hope is that the takeover by The Friedkin Group (TFG) will give Everton a fighting chance in the market again, but what are their January plans?
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
And that means democracy will always be in with a fighting chance — because sometimes manipulating an election can backfire, as Sheikh Hasina, the erstwhile prime minister of Bangladesh, learned this year.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Fighting chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighting%20chance. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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