fighting chance

Example Sentences

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And that meant that Barron’s stockpickers stood a fighting chance when it came to beating the market.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

None of these are guaranteed to work but they will give you a fighting chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The hope is the snake’s new, higher profile in California can give it a fighting chance at avoiding extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

You’ve set up your finances for longevity and, by reducing financial stress from your life, you’ve given yourself a fighting chance.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

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