fighting chance

Example Sentences

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Whether Russell can achieve such karma against the mighty France is a moot point, but if he does then Scotland must have a fighting chance.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

None of these are guaranteed to work but they will give you a fighting chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

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 • Nov. 25, 2025

The hope is the snake’s new, higher profile in California can give it a fighting chance at avoiding extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

In the early history of our planet, however, when enormous amounts of organic molecules were being produced by sunlight in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, very simple, nonparasitic organisms had a fighting chance.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan