Sentences with phrase «desperate gambit»
In a desperate gambit to escape, they flee towards their boat, but they are bitten by snakes on branches overhead.»
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Spokesperson Deborah Fallin says the bill was a desperate gambit to appease Washington so the state could qualify for the «Race to the Top Fund,» a federal program meant to spark education reform.
In the Season One finale, a disgraced Cardinal Wolsey tries one last, desperate gambit to resurrect his career by allying himself with the similarly fallen Queen Katherine, but the king's new advisors learn of their plot.
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«The commission has information that the desperate cabal could take their gambit to the ridiculous extent of purchasing properties and registering them in the name of Ibrahim Magu to make the plot believable.