Hail Mary play
Example Sentences
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Baker Mayfield hits a Hail Mary play and there are not one but two overtime game-winning touchdowns in NFL plays of the week.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021
The Arizona Cardinals’ rebuild arrived at a giddy zenith Sunday afternoon with a Hail Mary play, a little less than two years after it began with a Hail Mary plan.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2020
Setting the stage for its first movie now may seem like a Hail Mary play at a time when much of the country is still in the throes of a public health emergency.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2020
Plus, as he demonstrated with that famous Hail Mary play on his last visit here, Rodgers himself is not a man to know when he’s beaten.
From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016
It was a long shot, but at this point it was a shot, and sometimes you had to make the Hail Mary play.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
