unlikely
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It is unlikely he would have been in the team for the second Test at Lord's, unless one of England's four frontline seamers from Headingley suffered a fitness issue.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Experts say Nevada's lawsuit, lodged in a US district court, is unlikely to be the only legal action, with Arizona -- which faces the deepest cuts -- expected to launch its own challenge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, 1Q FY 2027 earnings could moderate sequentially as the 35 million ringgit JV dividend income in previous quarter is unlikely to recur, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
While humans are unlikely to contract H5N1, close physical contact with birds through hand-feeding is simply not worth the risk.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
"Think, Mo! It would have been somewhere remote, an unlikely place for any flower to grow. You took a cutting and mailed it to me just before you...just before your accident."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Then the next game turned out to be even unlikelier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Soon, Gef appeared in an even unlikelier place: the British courts.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023
Some of the suggested new tributes reach into unlikelier cultural realms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
To imagine an even unlikelier hypothetical, let’s take Beijing at its word and imagine it would allow Facebook a fair playing field.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
Put it at a hundred only, and daylight would be the unlikelier to bring disappointment.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Balancing sorrow with self-deprecation, Maron covers childhood abuse, his father’s dementia, evacuating his home with three cats during the L.A. fires and becoming the unlikeliest of Swifties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Its suspenseful build to a climactic act of bravery demonstrates, writes Katie Daniels, that “resilience might spring from the unlikeliest of places.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-up of modern times.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
The Estadio da Luz then erupted deep in injury time as Trubin turned the unlikeliest of heroes as he nodded in from a free-kick to send Benfica through.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
And that, the mate asserted, time after time, was the unlikeliest thing that could happen.
From Maid of the Mist by John Oxenham
