long odds
Example Sentences
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Moreover, these percentages understate the long odds that Paramount faces, Gu noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
You'd have had very long odds on Will Wand, previously only a Prem Rugby Cup regular, and the aforementioned Bailey as Leicester's first-choice centre pairing last September.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Their longtime Republican congressman, Doug LaMalfa, a rice farmer from rural Butte County who had represented the region for 13 years, had vowed to run again in his newly configured district, despite the long odds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
Supreme Court, but election law experts told Votebeat the president faces long odds.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
Reaching the top of Everest is supposed to trigger a surge of intense elation; against long odds, after all, I had just attained a goal I’d coveted since childhood.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
