How to Use odds are stacked against (someone) in a Sentence

odds are stacked against (someone)

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• The drive and skill are there, but the odds are stacked against them.
  — John Case, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• Our teams tend to flourish when the odds are stacked against them.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• This isn’t easy, because the odds are stacked against the little guy.
  — Stephen Key, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• But just because the odds are stacked against you doesn’t mean success is out of reach.
  — Max Nirenberg, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• The odds are stacked against any team to win the World Series.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• Surely the odds are stacked against there being a long-term return on that card.
  — Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• While the odds are stacked against him, don’t expect Rogers to go down without a fight.
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• The odds are stacked against them in a country where warehousing people is big business.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• Detroit is a city of resilience and hope, despite whatever odds are stacked against us.
  — Kenny Williams, Essence, 22 Apr. 2022
• In this environment the odds are stacked against even the most tenacious first-time home buyer.
  — Chris Coleman and Julie Gugin, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• The odds are stacked against both men, who eventually come face to face just as the series premiere ends.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• But when someone feels the odds are stacked against them, working around the system can feel like the only way forward.
  — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• The game’s tongue in cheek tone gives it an interesting flavor even if the odds are stacked against player survival.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
• Tomato Pie Restaurants may try to serve tomato pie, but the odds are stacked against them for success.
  — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
• At this stage of the case, however, the odds are stacked against those who have been convicted, and the fight is an uphill battle.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
• And even in California, at the heart of the farmworkers’ movement, the odds are stacked against them.
  — Piper French, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2021
• But with no real defensive position and a huge swing-and-miss issue, the odds are stacked against it all clicking for Rosario.
  — Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• Speaking of tribes that feel like the odds are stacked against them, some tribes and players feel like the odds are stacked in their favor because of multiple advantages.
  — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 9 June 2025
• The odds are stacked against the policy in a divided Legislature.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
• History and the odds are stacked against either happening, but Friday’s blockbuster trade was all about increasing the chance.
  — Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
• That 13-year struggle really tells us our possibilities are infinite, even when the odds are stacked against us.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
• Cole remains a 30-start horse, even if odds are stacked against him fulfilling a nine-year contract without significant injury.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
• The odds are stacked against Timothée by being asked to represent this period that is so untouchably iconic.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2024
• Now, the historical odds are stacked against the defending NBA champions.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
• The odds are stacked against such a crossing ever occurring, which may explain why examples of hybrids are so rare, and dogxim is the only one ever confirmed by modern science.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• The odds are stacked against it arriving at the point of positive cash flows without a bigger influx of capital that would likely leave minority shareholders in the dust.
  — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Lindsay Brewer knows that as a woman in the physically demanding sport of IndyCar racing, the odds are stacked against her.
  — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2022
• The new, mockumentary-style comedy — created by and starring Quinta Brunson — follows the ups and downs of teachers trying to do the best for their students while the odds are stacked against them.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2022
• The odds are stacked against them — children from the lowest income families are far less likely to enroll in or graduate from four-year colleges and more likely to be incarcerated, keeping the ladder to middle-class stability out of reach.
  — Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
• The odds are stacked against them, as the group finds itself up against a tech industry giant with unlimited resources, without major support from national unions or politicians, and while navigating internal divisions within their own ranks.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024