long shot

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Recent Examples of long shot No stranger to risk calculus, the ski mountaineer knows her senate bid is a long shot. Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024 Coinbase Ventures has been the most active investor in the crypto space since 2020 — by a long shot. Lucinda Shen, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 But Trump's aides also acknowledge an upset in the Empire State is a long shot in the same way California is Harris country and Texas and Florida are in the GOP camp. David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024 Even though the bill itself is a legislative long shot, federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt some of its most extreme provisions without congressional approval, said Daniel Rosenberg, director of federal toxics policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for long shot 
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Noun
  • And that’s not even considering potential dark horse movies releasing later this year like Memoir of a Snail, from Australian animator Adam Elliot, whose short film Harvie Krumpet won the Animated Short Oscar in 2003.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
  • But the sleeper dark horse contender is Benitez (Carlos Diehz), an archbishop from Kabul who ends up winning the position.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Playing at a quick tempo, the Bears ran 87 plays, posted a season-best 500 yards and rolled up 31 first downs.
    Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Roblox is adding some new restrictions to its game platform for minors under 13. Roblox will not let kids under the age of 13 play, search for, or discover unrated experiences as of Dec. 3.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Unified party focused on liberty, economic growth and parental rights.
    The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • So when the break with Britain arrived, American Jews flocked to the standard of liberty.
    Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024

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“Long shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20shot. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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