odds

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We also saw love for artists, both seasoned and emerging, who, against all odds, have built worlds that center care, beauty and friendship.

From Los Angeles Times

The unusually sharp Balmer break put The Cliff at odds with both of the leading interpretations for the little red dots.

From Science Daily

A team of overachievers filled with a roster of best friends combined chemistry, determination and toughness to overcome all odds.

From Los Angeles Times

If You're Glad I'll Be Frank imagined the speaking clock as a real woman speaking live, her internal monologue utterly at odds with the deadening repetitiveness of endlessly intoning "at the third stroke..."

From BBC

At the risk of sounding more pious than I am: When every game, every half, every quarter and even every shot is attached to gambling odds, good old-fashioned storytelling gets choked out.

From Los Angeles Times