fighting chance

Example Sentences

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That fact and success in a series of tight finishes gives England's a fighting chance of something special with or without Buttler on Thursday.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

"We have a fighting chance to reduce plastics because it's very much a contemporary issue."

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Mr. Adams has a fighting chance because of profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The hope is the snake’s new, higher profile in California can give it a fighting chance at avoiding extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

In the early history of our planet, however, when enormous amounts of organic molecules were being produced by sunlight in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, very simple, nonparasitic organisms had a fighting chance.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan