unlikely winner
Example Sentences
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He was smiling by the third game, when he read a tricky Atmane serve well and pulled off an unlikely winner to delight the crowd and level the score to deuce.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Meta chief A.I. scientist Yann LeCun is already endorsing the case that his team’s open-source focus will make it an unlikely winner.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2023
That is where Gantz could emerge as a power broker — and even an unlikely winner.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Another unlikely winner in the first week of the postseason: Ned Yost, the manager of the Kansas City Royals.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
It was an incredible match in which Andy Rose scored an unlikely winner against a 10-man RSL in the last minute of stoppage time.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2014
