fighting chance
Example Sentences
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"I am in no doubt their quick actions gave the young girl a fighting chance at survival," Stevenson said, adding that she is now in a stable condition in hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“We have always said that our presence next to a child in a courtroom is one of the only things that gives them a fighting chance at justice in our broken immigration system.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
That’s what the text supports, it’s what common sense supports, and it’s what gives regulated parties a fighting chance of knowing when they’re subject to federal mine safety law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
And, he reckons, there is a fighting chance that his or another French company will be that winner.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
In the early history of our planet, however, when enormous amounts of organic molecules were being produced by sunlight in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, very simple, nonparasitic organisms had a fighting chance.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
