fighting chance

Example Sentences

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Maresca's men, back in the Champions League after two years away, have now won three of their first five games to give themselves a fighting chance of finishing in the top eight.

From Barron's

Above it, you had a fighting chance,” he says.

From MarketWatch

For Burns, it was the nightmare scenario: Hefting the weapon of war he’d started carrying after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, hoping for a fighting chance as he confronted a suspect, knowing the bullet-resistant vests he and his fellow officers were wearing would fail if the man sent a fusillade of high-speed bullets their way.

From Washington Post

If anything can radically restore MLB’s appeal to its fan base while also giving it a fighting chance to lure followers of the NBA and NHL, which deliver 2½-hour games, then returning to a Willie Mays-era pace of play may do it.

From Washington Post

"I think you have to set your ambitions high and have a really strong vision that people can get behind in order to even have a fighting chance of getting there," she said.

From BBC