chance
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But still, the exhibition is the rare chance to view RM as a serious art collector; someone who values Korean identity in art but also loves works from many genres, eras and countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Just let them be little kids. I know they have to learn and the world's changing, but still, give them a chance to be kids."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
And there is a good chance that it might.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Thirty years later, she has a career-defining assignment: Convincing China’s millions of sneaker fans to give Nike a second chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
I found a loose long-sleeved dress for Betsie that would cover the blue sweater when she would have a chance to put it on.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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CME's FedWatch tool put the chances of an increase at less than 40 percent, having priced it at more than 65 percent earlier in the week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
But doctors stress that body composition matters for younger adults, too, who risk losing muscle when they rapidly shed weight, increasing the chances of injuries or conditions such as osteoporosis later in life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The third year student fears the strikes will damage the university's reputation, which she feels could affect her chances of securing a job in the future.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Moreover, Microsoft’s announcement last week of its new Copilot AI assistant has strengthened the argument that the company has chances to expand AI revenue beyond its traditional software subscription offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“They probably don’t have a lot of chances to get it right.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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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
The British director Titley said she chanced upon the reality show and reached out to Nasubi because she felt no one had ever told his side of the story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
The people of Rin saw Sara a few years after that, when the Travelers chanced to come their way again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
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
BST12:54 79 mins: It’s not just the Germans who are chancing their arm from distance – Hayden’s dipping 30-yarder is tipped round the post by a flying Benaglio.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2015
And that, members of both groups say, was the motivation for chancing the possibility that the whole enterprise might fail and alienate both bands' followings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2015
Was it worth chancing it, or should he double back?
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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