Hail Mary play
Example Sentences
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The Denver Broncos pull off a "Hail Mary" play alongside the rest of the NFL plays of the week from the second round of games.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023
The lawsuit has hobbled a potential $500-million deal to sell Weinstein Co. in what had been viewed as a Hail Mary play to save the company from bankruptcy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2018
Plus, as he demonstrated with that famous Hail Mary play on his last visit here, Rodgers himself is not a man to know when he’s beaten.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016
Republican pollster Neil Newhouse, who was an adviser to the super PAC supporting former Florida governor Jeb Bush’s campaign, called these efforts a late-game, Hail Mary play.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2016
It was a long shot, but at this point it was a shot, and sometimes you had to make the Hail Mary play.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
