odd chance
Example Sentences
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The game represents an odd chance for an American makeover — a new year, a new administration, a new outlook.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021
Then, Dominik Thalhammer’s side failed to turn the odd chance into an opening goal.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2020
By odd chance, for plain U.S. readers news of his death coincided with the first news of his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Only a jury of painters would have discerned the subtlety of Ferrazzi's tall Italian woman, by far the best picture in the exhibition, which by an odd chance received first prize.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh, pardon me, madame; it was only the odd chance of my meeting with you that I marvelled at.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton