unlikely
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This is unlikely to stop unless the dispute is resolved.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Schulze called that a “tail risk,” or an unlikely outcome that could trigger an extreme market reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Study co-author Dr. Aysha Al-Ani cautioned that the findings are unlikely to produce a new diagnostic test or therapy immediately.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Thrifted clothes have become an unlikely fashion flex for Hollywood’s haute couture hoarders and other trend-setters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
We are unlikely to bump into icebergs during the summer months, so there should be no problems.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Then the next game turned out to be even unlikelier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
Soon, Gef appeared in an even unlikelier place: the British courts.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023
There will be more challenges to come, but they seem unlikelier than ever to prevail.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2023
Some of the suggested new tributes reach into unlikelier cultural realms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2022
"Why, then, yer Reverence," replied Phaddhy, who was now a little softened, and forgot his enmity against Parrah More for the present, "unlikelier things might happen."
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
And on a team full of dual nationals who grew up overseas, he might have the unlikeliest background of anyone on the roster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
He’s also the unlikeliest curler at the Milan Cortina Games, where he could become the oldest American athlete in Winter Olympics history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-up of modern times.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
And what became known as "The Hero's Idyll" began to take the form of a sort of record each page of which described the maddest and unlikeliest of facts.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
