fighting chance
Example Sentences
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“We have always said that our presence next to a child in a courtroom is one of the only things that gives them a fighting chance at justice in our broken immigration system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
That’s what the text supports, it’s what common sense supports, and it’s what gives regulated parties a fighting chance of knowing when they’re subject to federal mine safety law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
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
And that meant that Barron’s stockpickers stood a fighting chance when it came to beating the market.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
But he knew that if they could just get outside somehow, they stood a fighting chance.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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