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little chance
noun as in dark horse
noun as in long shot
Example Sentences
At the start of the 12-nation finals in Malaga, Britain were the second-lowest ranked team and given little chance by many people on the outside of finally landing the trophy.
"I am not going to have on my conscience the sentencing of a man for so long that he has little chance of leaving prison alive."
Because Trump will be tied up with a presidential transition and the legal questions about sentencing a president are so complex, some scholars see very little chance it will stay on the calendar.
If Vice President Kamala Harris had won the election, there was little chance they would have chosen to retire and have their seats filled by a liberal.
Even if Californians had little chance to sway the presidential race, they wanted to take their stance on what they saw as a historical election, with many voting for the first time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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