fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
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With no way to stop it, Beth rushes to get the horses out in a trailer while Rip cuts the fences in an effort to give their cattle a fighting chance.
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
And the hope is that Robinson turns the corner because that gives Miami’s defense a fighting chance to produce a respectable defense, one that won’t be pushed around any longer.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
The distributors who keep quietly burying movies that deserved a fighting chance.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Republicans inside the White House, Donald Trump’s top aides and allies weren’t confident in their strategy that this was going to give them a fighting chance to recapture or to maintain the majority in the House.
—NBC news, 10 May 2026
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
And the hope is that Robinson turns the corner because that gives Miami’s defense a fighting chance to produce a respectable defense, one that won’t be pushed around any longer.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
The distributors who keep quietly burying movies that deserved a fighting chance.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Republicans inside the White House, Donald Trump’s top aides and allies weren’t confident in their strategy that this was going to give them a fighting chance to recapture or to maintain the majority in the House.
—NBC news, 10 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for fighting chance
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“Fighting chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighting%20chance. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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