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

odds are stacked against (someone)

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• 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
• While the odds are stacked against him, don’t expect Rogers to go down without a fight.
  — Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2022
• But just because the odds are stacked against you doesn’t mean success is out of reach.
  — Max Nirenberg, Forbes, 24 Jan. 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
• The company recognizes the odds are stacked against them.
  — Sam Tabachnik, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The odds are stacked against the policy in a divided Legislature.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The 49ers have been battling for more than two months but the odds are stacked against them Saturday, facing the NFC’s top team, on the frigid road, with their starting quarterback hurt and questions about their defensive line.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024