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slim and none



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First, the odds you’ll actually win are somewhere between slim and none.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

When Clark limped off the court over two months ago, though, the Fever’s chances seemed to be between slim and none.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2025

Others were so rare by the time they were protected that their chances of recovery hovered somewhere between slim and none.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2021

The odds of that lie between slim and none, and are probably closer to the latter.

From Seattle Times Oct. 15, 2017

Bred in California at John Harris' farm in Coalinga, owned by first-timers and trained away from the thoroughbred mainstream of Santa Anita, poor little California Chrome had that cliché of chances — slim and none.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2014




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