unlikely winner
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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
Boasts some decent form, but much of that is from three years ago and seems an unlikely winner having been pulled up on all of his past three starts.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2017
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
But even Koch, the unlikely winner of that election, he hastened to add, built 190,000 units of affordable housing.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013
But given the Jamaicans' dominance in the event and Jeter's history of not coming through in big races, she seemed like an unlikely winner.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2011