Hail Mary play
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Baker Mayfield hits a Hail Mary play and there are not one but two overtime game-winning touchdowns in NFL plays of the week.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021
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
"Our climate crisis is a global problem, and it demands a global solution, and there is no Hail Mary play we can call on to reverse its effects."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2014
He looked her dead in the eyes, the way he did to his receiver as he was calling a Hail Mary play when the team was losing.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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