chance

Mills Jnr gave evidence and claimed the initial encounter was a "chance meeting" with a family friend.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Drake Thomas, an Anthropic safety employee, posted on X that he would “burn my equity to the ground in a heartbeat for a 1% higher chance we make it out of this situation alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

This may mean longer dry interludes and the chance of returning to above-average daytime temperatures, but the degree of temperature rise will depend on the positioning the high pressure relative to the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“I strongly encourage people to give it a chance, and sometimes they don’t and they go somewhere else.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"You could harness him up first. That way he won't have a chance to go along biting ears."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Despite their lowly ranking, it was understandable why Carrick would take no chances with his team selection as United returned to Europe's elite competition after a two-year absence.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Another, who did not resign, stated publicly that "we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans", and that he thought the chances were greater than "10 percent within the next decade".

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

But chances are your guard is lowered by the familiarity of the caller’s voice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The £364m attacking trio of Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz started together for the first time in a league game and although Liverpool had decent chances, they created nowhere near enough.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“I would say the chances are absolutely zero.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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

Instead she took a too-expensive Motel 6 room, then couch-surfed, cadged a shared hotel room with a colleague and slept some nights in the airport — which isn’t allowed, she said, but “I chanced it.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

The date had stuck in Winston’s memory because it chanced to be Midsummer Day; but the whole story must be on record in countless other places as well.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024

Conditions Chelsea are appealing against in a state of affairs they they are either chancing their arms or don’t quite understand how sanctions work.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2022

It’s very satisfying to see an actress like Ms. Kidman use everything in her artistic toolbox while also chancing the audience’s sympathy and love.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018

“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said during his postgame news conference on Thanksgiving.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2015

“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish