chance
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Baroness Casey herself will also be there to launch a consultation that will give the public a chance to share their views on social care.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
On the prediction market Polymarket, bettors recently were giving just a 27% chance that the Clarity Act will become law this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
However, Henderson sails for the social scene, the camp-style chance to bond with a select group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The latest developments highlight the fragility of any efforts to find a lasting peace, even though US President Donald Trump this week said there was a "good chance" of a deal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
He was, after all, the one who’d saved Clare from an afterlife of Pain, by offering him this chance to serve as Usher.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
“If Clarity takes an August recess, it could be reconsidered in September. But we think its chances would decline meaningfully,” Capital Alpha’s Katz said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
As the Games approach, when venue designs are finalized, seats are assigned and tickets open to a first-come, first-served basis, there will likely be other chances to buy tickets with special seat assignments attached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The focus switched to Evans on the final day of competition with two chances of medals.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
If AI can help fine-tune the design of a clinical trial to improve its chances of success, that could end up being a big benefit, Soriot says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I haven’t gone so far as finding out who it is, but I’m not taking any chances.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
Shopper Sandra Turton, who chanced upon the sale in Wigan, said it was "absolutely brilliant".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
Walter Shawlee chanced upon a slide rule from high school while looking through a drawer at his home in Kelowna, British Columbia.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 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
But this being the year after a deep playoff run and the back half of the relievers’ injury-filled careers, the Nationals aren’t chancing it.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2020
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
After chancing on his memoirs, Phillips had spent weeks in an effort to track down Fadoyebo.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2015
“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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