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chance

[chans, chahns] / tʃæns, tʃɑns /










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On the day Chance turned 18, Rupert began “hounding” him to apply to the pipe fitter’s union.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Bill McKibben is the founder of Third Act and the author, most recently, of “Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate, a Fresh Chance for Our Civilization.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Believing that the conflict would pass quickly, the recording studio became Ibrahem's temporary shelter while he continued to make music, writing and recording a song, whose title translates as Give Peace A Chance.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“Mojave National Preserve belongs to the American people, not an international mining company,” Chance Wilcox, the organization’s California desert program manager, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

And no one knows why Mr. Chance lent it to Daisy, except of course that she was Daisy Nation, and she paid her bills promptly and had taught the Chance children at Harewood School.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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