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longshot

NOUN
underdog
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Longshot Italy will have a home crowd Friday night, praying for a miracolo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Longshot Benevengo went to the lead early, with Jack Christopher and Taiba in good stalking positions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2022

Longshot Lucky Move won an upset victory with Roberto Rosado aboard.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020

Kitamura's language is consistently spare and plain, a style that served well in her debut, The Longshot.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2013

In the course of the last of his extended tramps—for he was due to join that inveterate sportsman, Lord Longshot, at Denver, on the following day,—he found himself passing through a wilderness of loveliness.

From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Moore, Emma G.




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