unlikely winner

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Meta chief A.I. scientist Yann LeCun is already endorsing the case that his team’s open-source focus will make it an unlikely winner.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023

That is where Gantz could emerge as a power broker — and even an unlikely winner.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Ewan McGregor’s performance in Fargo passed many people by and would be an unlikely winner, which leaves us with The Night Of’s double act.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2017

Boasts some decent form, but much of that is from three years ago and seems an unlikely winner having been pulled up on all of his past three starts.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2017

Another unlikely winner in the first week of the postseason: Ned Yost, the manager of the Kansas City Royals.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2014