improbable
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Even without the context of everything that came before the game, it was the most improbable of comebacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United's players "don't need to save anyone's job" after their improbable comeback win against Roma in the Champions League.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The improbable evening turned into a moving tribute to both Capra himself and his tale of the suicidal banker George Bailey, who comes to realize that his life has indeed been wonderful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Thanks to his magical changeup, Baker has emerged as an improbable star at the heart of the Tampa Bay Rays’ ascension to the World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
An arrow on the edge of my map pointed south to Katahdin Iron Works, site of an improbable nineteenth-century factory in the woods and now a state historical monument.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing improbable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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"A Quilt of a Country," Vocabulary from the argument
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"A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen
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