chance
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“That I get the chance to be amongst this kind of greatness, words can’t explain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was supposed to be kept quiet until everyone had a chance to fix their sites - but the news was leaked.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Traders also see a 20% chance the bubble will deflate before July 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
By pure chance, the ball slipped into his right hand with the seams rotated in a slightly different way than he was used to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
It was giving Clare a chance to change his fate: For on this night, and this night alone, he could enter any realm of his choice.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
A US official said recently that the chances of the package being split into smaller chunks "have gone way up".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Exposure of French corporates and banks to sovereign bonds is relatively small, decreasing the chances of a domestic doom loop, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Given all that, how do you feel about his chances next month?
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
The chances of a rate hike at the Fed’s meeting next week were less than 20% on Monday, down from nearly 60% a month ago, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I’m off the clock until tomorrow morning. What are the chances of getting me back in time for work?”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
The odds on Tuesday for one rate hike in September were at 60%, while a second hike at the Fed’s December meeting was chanced at 36.7%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Just when Alex became convinced nothing would ever be open again, he chanced upon an open hardware store.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
He had heard stories of people chancing upon diamonds and hoped that he too would get lucky one day.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
After chancing on his memoirs, Phillips had spent weeks in an effort to track down Fadoyebo.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 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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