Hail Mary pass

Example Sentences

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This comes into sharpest focus when you examine their crash-and-burn business ventures — each one a Hail Mary pass toward self-respect, status, or at least passive income.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

Dr Heller describes training the algorithm on available data from just a few 100 patients as a "Hail Mary pass".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

But that didn’t stop members of the Texas Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, several of whom had signed the letter to the pardon board, from throwing a Hail Mary pass.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2024

Smith-Wade got his second pick on a Hail Mary pass into the end zone by Tulane’s Michael Pratt.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Davis even intercepted one final Hail Mary pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023