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Recent Examples of long shot
Remember, he was considered by many people a long shot to even win the Presidency.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Democrats are taking a legal long shot in asking the justices to reverse the Virginia court’s ruling.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
And the long shot came through.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 May 2026
Who is a long shot you like this week?
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
Democrats are taking a legal long shot in asking the justices to reverse the Virginia court’s ruling.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
And the long shot came through.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 May 2026
Who is a long shot you like this week?
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long shot
Noun
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With all their stars healthy for the brief moment, the Lakers looked like a postseason dark horse.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Is there a dark horse worth riding in the CIF Southern Section boys volleyball playoffs?—
Martin Henderson,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
Noun
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There are a lot of small, sincere plays that are also very boring.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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This could be a top 10 running backs group in 2026 with McDaniel calling the plays.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Noun
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Thomas’s account of Progressivism as a malign force threatening individual liberty echoes an argument developed by scholars at the conservative Claremont Institute.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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In the 1760s and ’70s, these two men collaborated with a secret radical network to counter the King—laying out the case for the restoration of British liberties in a series of newspaper essays under the pen name Junius.—
Danielle Allen,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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“Long shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20shot. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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