long shots

plural of long shot

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Noun
  • Florida State finished the game with a 417-248 advantage in yardage on 25 fewer plays.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Finally, a flurry of momentum-changing defensive plays led to the game’s first score.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The movie is fantastic, a true thriller, and while some liberties were taken with the depiction of outer space, the basic premise of a cascading series of collisions rendering orbits too cluttered with debris to be usable is valid.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • As with the previous three seasons, Murphy and company take considerable liberties with the historical record, weaving into the show’s narrative many of the rumors and legends that arose during and after the Lizzie Borden case.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
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“Long shots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20shots. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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