Sentences with phrase «defies odds»

However, by following these seven steps, you can create a business that defies the odds and lasts.

Woodlake Valley Middle School Gains 67 API Points and 115 ELL sub-group API points through Partnership with DataWORKS Educational Research Woodlake Valley Middle School defies odds by closing the achievement gaps in AMAO 1, AMAO II, and AMAO III in 2012 -2013 Crediting its staff and a partnership with DataWORKS Educational Research, Woodlake Valley...

August 20, 2010 Charter School Defies Odds On Aug 20, 2010, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools wrote: In recent weeks, three high - performing public charter schools were featured in local and national news.

The Thurgood Marshall Academy in Washington, D.C., was profiled in a «CBS Evening News» segment titled «Charter School Defies Odds»...

In 1994, Ron Suskind published A Hope in the Unseen, the story of a bright, ambitious young man from one of the worst high schools in Washington, D.C., who defies the odds to win acceptance at Brown University.

Although a line of dialogue states that «cars can't fly,» FURIOUS 7 defies all odds with clever set pieces that have $ 3 million dollar cars hurling through Abu Dhabi skyscrapers and a rough trek through the mountains of Azerbaijan.

By that I mean that this is going to be the movie tie - in that defies the odds.

The new science fiction action film from Bong Joon - ho («The Host,» «Mother») defies the odds by turning yet another dystopian future into something thrilling and distinctive.

While the life of the typical film franchise has been all squeezed out by its third installment, leaving a shattered shell of its former glory, Shrek the Third defies the odds in being as entertaining as the original animated hit and surpassing the second edition.

This nail polish defies the odds.

When anyone defies the odds and beats a deadly scenario, one can not deny there is a change.

She is strong, beautiful, graceful and defies odds at every turn, plié and pirouette.

Each December, Inc. picks a Company of the Year — one that defies the odds, remakes the status quo, and exemplifies a movement that's transforming its patch of the business world.

Why do we identify with the struggling hero of a story trying to defy all odds?

Overall, as these four forward - thinking companies illustrate, there are still some retailers defying the odds and finding success in the so - called «retail apocalypse.»

For those hoping that Shopify would defy the odds and become a lasting global success in tech, the accusations of fraudulent activity are enough to strike fear in their hearts.

The pet industry seems to defy all odds during recessions and has been very little affected by economic crisis so far.

However, absent any of the company's previous «magic,» or the Apple Watch somehow defying the odds to become an enormous hit in its subsequent iterations, it does look like «maturity» and «value» are the watchwords going forward.

The Portico Latin Bistro & Cantina campaign defied the odds, but it was a nail biter.

Champions simply keep going, the man whom immediately springs to mind and defied all odds to become a 3 time Formula One Winner - Austrian born Andreas Nikolaus Lauda.

«It's not the big businesses — it's the young entrepreneurs who are defying the odds and coming up with the new innovations and growth.

However, over the past two decades, several companies have defied the odds, garnering sky - high valuations in as little as two years.

They have defied the odds — as 95 % of businesses fail within five years.

But the journey you have begun is one that exudes a passion, persistence, and willingness to defy the odds that virtually no one in this world does.

The Pink Ceiling team, led by Cindy Whitehead, defied the odds and sold two companies for over 1.5 B in under a decade.

You will empower them to defy the odds!

He's made a career out of defying the odds, and his «Trumponomics» recipe of cutting taxes and hiking spending is meant to spur so much additional business investment that productivity can hit record levels.

Analysts and advertisers may worry about Google's declining advertising might, but the giant is definitely defying the odds as it grows its revenue by at least 19 % every year.

Yesterday, by 21:00 BST, bitcoin defied all odds and jumped 3 % in 30 minutes.

Christians have been joining in the celebrations after Leicester City FC defied odds of 5000 - 1 to win... More

Last year, doctors gave Rebecca six months to live, but she has defied odds, and her mom says Adele's music helps put Rebecca in a good mood.

We have decided to defy the odds, to re-commit.

If you listen to the comments these Mormons are making, you would think they were talking about some underdog who that was never provided any opportunity in life but has risen above it all to defy the odds and is our nation's potential savior.

Landry and Warner wanted to defy the odds of a typical sports bar and committed to making Walk - On's great.

Safe to say they defied the odds... Five children, seven grandchildren and almost 63 -LRB-!!)

Once a team that defied the odds to actually win the Champions League almost on the quality of their defence alone, it's remarkable to see Chelsea look as wobbly at the back as this.

A title success is far from certain but Arsenal are well capable of defying the odds and finally getting their hands back on the English crown.

Arsenal constantly defy the odds.

Just by making it this far, she'd defied the odds.

On this day in 2007, Kimi Raikkonen defied the odds and won the World Championship after a three - way showdown at Interlagos

Perhaps many of us are wrong because Leicester has defied all odds and are heading for the title.

Team Free Agents, they truly defied the odds this season..

He has defied the odds and regardless of how this all shakes out you can't help but pull for the man.

Just last season he watched as his club defied the odds and moved into the top eight in the Premier League with Gareth Barry and Ashley Young leading the young squad.

Since intentional walks often come in high leverage situations, that brief pause to the game while they throw the four pitches has always got me super pumped for the next at bat and really sold how much of a threat the other team thought the current batter was compared to the next one — making it so much sweeter when the next guy defied the odds and got a hit anyway.

That's not to say that it's impossible to topple the very best of European football, because Celtic, Feynoord, Villa, Red Star Belgrade, and in more recent times Porto and Chelsea have all defied the odds — but what is seemingly clear is that it's less and less likely in the modern era.

Even though we were missing players and had a bad start, we recovered in brilliant fashion, defied the odds and are through to the last 16 draw on Monday of the UCL... well done lads!

Until now we have defied the odds and finished 4th even when playing poorly for most of the season.

* Until now we have defied the odds and finished 4th or higher even when playing poorly for most of the season.

The naysayers are missing the chance to watch an outstanding young man defy the odds and become one of the great ones.