How to Use against all odds in a Sentence
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Against all odds, this is great.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Against all odds, Rourke found his way back.
—Chris Nashawaty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
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That’s right, against all odds, #Japril is endgame.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
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And then a Guggenheim, against all odds.
—Megan Marshall september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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But both of us, against all odds, came home and were reunited!
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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These were innocents who had fought against all odds for a chance to live.
—Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
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The Good who have, against all odds, found their way back to each other.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 Nov. 2025
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The entire premise of the show relied on a very big risk that paid off, against all odds.
—EW.com, 23 June 2025
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At long last, and against all odds, he was bound for the NFL.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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The two must suddenly figure out how to make the most of their day against all odds.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024
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An ending and a beginning at the same time, for a show that grew against all odds.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Against all odds, in reaching for some item to steal, she’s managed to fall and throw out her back.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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My clients fighting for their freedom against all odds over the years have changed me in a profound way.
—Yosha Gunasekera, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
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True underdogs that really got it out the mud and went against all odds.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2022
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And now, against all odds, the Bird Cage is getting a second life.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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However, there are ways to build a stronger cyber defense against all odds.
—Amarandhar Kotha, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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The show, against all odds, was picked up for an additional 12 episodes.
—Max Gao, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, against all odds, people are still being pulled alive from the wreckage of their homes.
—Laura Saravia, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023
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Against all odds, doctors initially saw a flicker of hope.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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That's for me the greatest gift for all who believe in education against all odds.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
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Her getting in there against all odds as a newcomer is fabulous.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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That’s really the heart and the guts of the story—these women who, against all odds, found a way to speak out.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
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Later in his youth, he was struck by polio and once again overcame the affliction against all odds.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
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This record is a love letter to the working class musicians out there, we who slug it out on the road against all odds.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026
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The challenge now is not just falling in love against all odds, but staying together in spite of them.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
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And Thompson, who took home the title, said her crowning moment came against all odds.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2022
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Murral, against all odds, rebuilt her life, carving out a place for herself and her children.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
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From one standpoint, a Dolphins victory would come against all odds.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
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But these highlights reassure us that the art form will continue to find, against all odds, ways to thrive.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
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Later, Hunter learned more about how his parents and four siblings survived, against all odds.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
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