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County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez — were thinking when they had the chance to run this year and chose not to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

But playing well enough there at least gives them the chance to earn back their PGA Tour cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

It was at a hospital appointment with her dad when a doctor told Laura she had a 50/50 chance of developing the same type of early onset Alzheimer's known as the "London variant".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The specific term they used was “25 delta,” meaning those with a one-in-four chance of finishing in the money, or about 7% to 10% above the current market price.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Betsie kept the Bible during the day, since she had more chance to read and teach from it here than I did at the Phillips barracks.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

And does it mean - far more enticingly - he has his sights set on two more major tournaments and two more chances to grasp the prize that has eluded him at international level?

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Workers who added ESG language to their résumés saw a greater increase in their chances of landing a new job than those who revised other parts of their résumés.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The Dream,” Ashton’s 1964 distillation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to Mendelssohn’s familiar music, gave ABT fertile chances to display its dancing and acting acumen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"Despite the stalemate outcome following the Israeli elections, the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough may be improving following intensified mediation efforts by Qatar and regional allies," said FOREX.com's Razan Hilal.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

In April 1769, Washington offered an opportunity to buy chances to win “prizes.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

While conducting research in the Prussian state archives in Berlin in the 1990s, he chanced upon the details of a “small vortex of turbulence” in Königsberg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

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

I chanced it after it had been silent for a minute.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

He had heard stories of people chancing upon diamonds and hoped that he too would get lucky one day.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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

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