as in dark horse
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Recent Examples of long shot
While the team and the fanbase will no doubt be excited about next season already, this postseason could provide the young team – in particular key men Banchero and Wagner – with invaluable playoff experience, even if going on a run this season is a long shot.
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Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
His homer Sunday against the team that drafted him in the 39th round in 2016 was his first ever as a pinch-hitter and the Marlins’ first by a pinch-hitter since Nick Gordon’s long shot against the Pirates on March 31 last season.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Reality check: The legislation is a long shot, at least in the short term.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Who is a long shot you like? Jeff: Never count out Erik Jones at Darlington.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
His homer Sunday against the team that drafted him in the 39th round in 2016 was his first ever as a pinch-hitter and the Marlins’ first by a pinch-hitter since Nick Gordon’s long shot against the Pirates on March 31 last season.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2025
Reality check: The legislation is a long shot, at least in the short term.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Who is a long shot you like? Jeff: Never count out Erik Jones at Darlington.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long shot
Noun
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Yamamoto began the season as a potential dark horse but has pitched his way to the top of the conversation.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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But among this more tolerant company, Aurangzeb is considered something of a dark horse – a religious zealot and complex character.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nathan MacKinnon got the play started with an outlet pass to Samuel Girard.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
22 Apr. 2025
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For the Heat, there has been the sometimes play of Mitchell, Andrew Wiggins, Kel’el Ware.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This chance for due process when deprived of liberty is what habeas corpus is and does.—
Andrea Seielstad,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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The panel will address what President Trump described during February’s National Prayer Breakfast as attacks on religious liberty and on Christians in particular.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Long shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20shot. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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