chance
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Here are five simple tips I keep in mind to let the market surprise me without leaving dinner to chance.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
His comments followed his decision over the weekend to call off what he had billed as the biggest military attack since World War II to give talks a chance to proceed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“And hearing about those other attempts at films reminded us we had a chance to tell things our way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Only Ferguson, Mourinho and Guardiola have successfully defended a Premier League title, a feat Arteta now has the chance to emulate after leading the Gunners to the championship last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Was there a chance the old fox had been mistaken?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
At present bond markets calculate the chances of a hike in September at 62%
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the chances started to become more frequent, and soon it was the trusty left boot of Tierney that unlocked the door, allowing Nygren to head home from six yards out with a pinpoint cross.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
We have fewer opportunities to talk to an actual person, which means we have fewer chances to have a laugh or get a recommendation or just be human with each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A deeper understanding of disease biology can improve the chances of finding effective treatments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
It was not a place to take chances.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
The British director Titley said she chanced upon the reality show and reached out to Nasubi because she felt no one had ever told his side of the story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
The sport she chanced upon, that changed her life and she has now left behind?
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024
The people of Rin saw Sara a few years after that, when the Travelers chanced to come their way again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Like Friday nights at Blockbuster back in the day, the pleasure of Shudder is in chancing upon under-the-radar stuff.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said during his postgame news conference on Thanksgiving.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2015
Was it worth chancing it, or should he double back?
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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