long shots

Definition of long shotsnext
plural of long shot
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Noun
  • Lots of people don’t realize how much stylistic variety Wilson baked into his ten major plays, some of which are written in the mode of realism, others more akin to Greek tragedy.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Lots of people don’t realize how much stylistic variety Wilson baked into his 10 major plays, some of which are written in the mode of realism, others more akin to Greek tragedy.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Our democracy, & the civil rights & liberties that now sit in constitutional law were literally built on small actions like these.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The first principle, affording everybody equal basic rights and liberties, supersedes everything else and should be anchored in the nation’s constitution.
    George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Long shots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20shots. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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