improbability
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It’s the improbability of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s public projects that has made them memorable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"The inherent improbability that such a large number of journalists would do that should be borne in mind," White argued.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
I wish I could tell you I respected the improbability of the windfall by immediately retreating to my suite.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
Such improbability is what propelled the Club 27 myth to prominence, and subsequent deaths — especially Kurt Cobain’s passing — continue to fuel its mystique, Dunivin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
In the sheer, shimmering improbability of the moment, it seemed to Lazlo that his dream had tired of waiting and had simply...come to find him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The thing is that, despite all the narrative improbabilities and a regular defiance of physics, Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer are so distractingly funny and charming that a viewer goes along for the ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
After all, if the biggest failure in the multiverse can turn out to be its savior, why can’t an unlikely awards contender defy its own statistical improbabilities and realize its Oscar dream?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
I will not attempt to prosecute a play deliberately written as a fantasia for its factual improbabilities.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
The agency’s own scientific advisory panel warned that the math underlying the new rule was riddled with weaknesses and improbabilities.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2020
If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt?
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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