improbable
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In 1988, for a walk-off home run by the hobbled Kirk Gibson in the World Series: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
He capitalised fully, holing the subsequent 30-foot putt for an improbable birdie.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Like walking museum plaques, they glided through rooms in silk brocade gowns, panniers extending their hips to improbable widths, dispensing facts about furnishings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
For decades, closure of the strait was regarded as something that was conceivable in theory, but operationally improbable in practice, Morgan Stanley noted.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
After five years of searching, I thought it was highly improbable that we’d both discovered the Copper Key’s hiding place on the same night.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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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