fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
Examples of fighting chance in a Sentence
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Morgan enjoys writing about the vilified, giving them a fighting chance.
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Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Phillips maintained his goal was to help the party: by giving Democrats a fighting chance to make sure Trump doesn't win a second term.
—Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
Blackjack, baccarat, European roulette (especially French), craps and poker all have betting strategies that help lower the randomised risk and give you a fighting chance.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Kansas City proved this year, however, that any team coached by Andy Reid and led by Mahomes has a fighting chance.
—Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
To give quantum snowmen a fighting chance against avalanches, the landscape would have to be more disordered than Huse and company had suspected.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Suddenly the have-nots and have-too-littles have a fighting chance because the margin of error is greater when being No. 12 now gets you through the magic door.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Solid rules give them at least a fighting chance, not circumstances where fraudulent actions closer to the top suck up capital when collections of smaller businesses might offer far better risk profiles and provide greater return to the lenders and community at large.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
So migrants apply for asylum, knowing that gives them a fighting chance to stay.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Phillips maintained his goal was to help the party: by giving Democrats a fighting chance to make sure Trump doesn't win a second term.
—Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
Blackjack, baccarat, European roulette (especially French), craps and poker all have betting strategies that help lower the randomised risk and give you a fighting chance.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Kansas City proved this year, however, that any team coached by Andy Reid and led by Mahomes has a fighting chance.
—Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
To give quantum snowmen a fighting chance against avalanches, the landscape would have to be more disordered than Huse and company had suspected.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Suddenly the have-nots and have-too-littles have a fighting chance because the margin of error is greater when being No. 12 now gets you through the magic door.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Solid rules give them at least a fighting chance, not circumstances where fraudulent actions closer to the top suck up capital when collections of smaller businesses might offer far better risk profiles and provide greater return to the lenders and community at large.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
So migrants apply for asylum, knowing that gives them a fighting chance to stay.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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