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fighting chance

noun as in chance for success with great effort

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However, commentators believe Macron will need support from the left or centre-left camp to ensure support from the Socialists and the centrists and give the new prime minister a fighting chance of passing a much-needed budget tackling France's debt.

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But the USO is currently under review, with Royal Mail suggesting to regulator Ofcom that reducing second-class deliveries to every other weekday would save up to £300m a year and give the business "a fighting chance".

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On a day when it was announced he will become England's youngest captain Jacob Bethell gave Phoenix a fighting chance with an aggressive 80-run stand for the fourth wicket with Liam Livingstone.

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Rishabh Pant scores a superb century before a measured Ollie Pope knock gives England a fighting chance as day two closes with England sitting on 209-3, trailing India by 262 runs in the first Test at Headingley.

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Aside from the findings of the research, the trials themselves can be bastions of hope, and enrolling in them can be a last resort for many with cancer—providing access to experimental treatments that give them a fighting chance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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