unlikeliest
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Balancing sorrow with self-deprecation, Maron covers childhood abuse, his father’s dementia, evacuating his home with three cats during the L.A. fires and becoming the unlikeliest of Swifties.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
But after the A’s emerged as one of the unlikeliest success stories in the history of American sports, that’s exactly what happened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The Estadio da Luz then erupted deep in injury time as Trubin turned the unlikeliest of heroes as he nodded in from a free-kick to send Benfica through.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
Tomlin was the same age when he followed Cowher in 2007 and might have been the unlikeliest hire of the bunch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
During those wonderful days she had had antennæ out everywhere, bringing her impressions, suggestions from the unlikeliest objects.
From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau