sporting chance

NOUN

good chance

Synonyms

WEAK

betting proposition flip of the coin gambler's chance good possibility hazard of the die luck of the draw matter of chance throw of the dice toss of the coin toss-up

Example Sentences

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"We must get back to giving women a level playing field to compete. We need to give women a sporting chance."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

Even a scoreless draw or 1-0 defeat would leave them a sporting chance before a second leg against a Peru side that could conceivably buckle under the potentially crippling weight of national expectation back home.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2017

The next two teams on the list, the 1968 Cardinals and 1968 Indians, pitched in a year so offensively anemic that baseball soon lowered the mound to give hitters a sporting chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2016

It is, rather, to give juvenile offenders a sporting chance, perhaps after decades in prison, to make the case that they deserve to get out, he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2013

After a few seconds' hesitation she struck the ringing rim of her glass against his: "To our new friendship, Monsieur Harlequin!" she said lightly—"with every sporting chance, worldly hazard, and heavenly possibility in it!"

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)