chance
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He added: "There's a bundle of good players in there and you're just hoping you get a chance before they get a chance. There's a few big names I want to go before."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
She said that she is telling residents this will likely be their last chance to leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The best interactive exhibits turn curiosity and fun into stealth learning, like a chance to control a Mars rover or practice repairing the Hubble Space Telescope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
In most cases, the force says the owner of the property then has the chance to regain control of the property, or the tenant can move back in.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“I feel like there’s a decent chance he’s at Cassie’s house.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Broadcom’s stock trades at 16 times estimates for earnings per share in 2027, which Luria said makes it seem as though the chances for both IPOs “are near zero.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The approach could potentially reduce the need for repeated therapies, hospital admissions, and surgery while improving the chances of sustained disease control.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
And France's crisis had "actually lowered chances of another rate hike," he said, adding that the "bond markets have taken over the ECB's task".
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Madrid must take their chances when they arrive, particularly if Barcelona dominate possession.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
But I’d rather give out my second chances from the place that taught me how to give them—Hope Springs.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
The odds on Tuesday for one rate hike in September were at 60%, while a second hike at the Fed’s December meeting was chanced at 36.7%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
Along the way they chanced upon an army unit and requested help.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
Boaz chanced standing up and was pleased that he didn’t pass out again.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
He had heard stories of people chancing upon diamonds and hoped that he too would get lucky one day.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
The battle closed in and people started to risk escape, tying white flags to vehicles crammed with people and chancing it on the treacherous road out.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
Like Friday nights at Blockbuster back in the day, the pleasure of Shudder is in chancing upon under-the-radar stuff.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
The strings soar; the lyrics project defiance in the face of a controlling ex-partner who has made the mistake of chancing his arm again: “I’m not that chained-up little person still in love with you.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2019
“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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