fighting chance
noun
: a chance that may be realized by a struggle
the patient had a fighting chance to live
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At the press launch, I was told there were hopes to expand the route north to Dunfermline, which might have given AB1 a fighting chance.
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet there is also a realisation that the summer window of 2024 did not strengthen the first XI and that first-team-ready additions are needed in January to give Pereira a fighting chance of reversing their fortunes.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Fans became worn down by off-field issues and successive relegation battles and the hope is that Everton will have a fighting chance once again under TFG.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Denying the coal facility an operating permit gives Curtis Bay a fighting chance to survive as a community instead of a sacrifice zone.
—Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet there is also a realisation that the summer window of 2024 did not strengthen the first XI and that first-team-ready additions are needed in January to give Pereira a fighting chance of reversing their fortunes.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Fans became worn down by off-field issues and successive relegation battles and the hope is that Everton will have a fighting chance once again under TFG.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Denying the coal facility an operating permit gives Curtis Bay a fighting chance to survive as a community instead of a sacrifice zone.
—Larkin Gallup, Baltimore Sun, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Fighting chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fighting%20chance. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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