Sentences with phrase «long shot at»

This makes help from Congress a long shot at best.

You may indeed be the most talented, but against such fierce competition, you're still a long shot at best.

From her discovery as a stranded newborn pup crying on the beach through her rehabilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Aquarium, NATURE follows as Otter 501 learns how to dive, hunt, eat, and fend for herself in the wild, where survival is a long shot at best.»

When news first broke that artist Mark Bradford would represent the United States at the Venice Biennale it was April 2016, a time when Donald Trump's presidency seemed like a long shot at best.

But if you are considering starting up an account on wattpad simply to grow platform and turn it into money, I would say it is a long shot at best.

It is probably a long shot at this point.

Perhaps a long shot at passing as a college virgin at the age of 28, despite her stunning waif - like figure.

More: Sex, love, danger: Missed Connections offers a long shot at love online The single life in New Jersey also comes with the benefits and drawbacks of living near New York City.

It's a long shot at first glance but Teachout tells us that with an energized base and expected low turnout, she can pull off what would be a monumental upset.

Earlier this week, we explored the possibility of Senate Democrats controlling 60 seats following the fall election — a scenario we deemed a long shot at best.

It's a long shot at best, but one the state senator will continue to pursue until the door closes.

Burnley to win to nil at bet365 is a long shot at 9/1 though.

Considered a long shot at 100/1, Soriano is projected to hit 32 home runs this season after hitting 34 in 2013.

Jim Harbaugh, who was listed as a 30/1 long shot at Bookmaker, was listed as a top candidate at Bovada.

The U.S. women find themselves sixth on the list just as the men do, but are much more of a long shot at 50/1.

So when Charles Leclerc joined the team, poor Pascal was left with only a long shot at Williams, which obviously didn't materialise.

Its because hes seen as a long shot at DE.

I even said we had a long shot at 6 - 6 this year.

This makes help from Congress a long shot at best.

If Rubin entered the mass market — where success was a long shot at best — there was an excellent chance that hairdressers would take their business elsewhere.

Rounding out the AFC, the Tennessee Titans are very long shots at +11250.

Not exact matches

The officer maintained his composure during the minutes - long standoff, despite the suspect pointing an object at the officer as he yelled at the officer to «kill me» and «shoot me in the head.»

Indeed, the once thriving labour - sponsored funds sector seems to be teetering on the verge of oblivion — a good thing, in the eyes of critics who claim it puts unsophisticated investors at risk and skews Canada's venture capital market toward technology sector long shots with little chance of payoff.

Stack also noted that following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the company's main retail store (Dick's) no longer carried the aforementioned rifles; now its 35 specialty Field & Stream stores will follow suit.

And you can be sure that he is not the only one looking at that data — not by a long shot.

«I think this [crypto] is going to be the biggest bubble of our lifetimes by a long shot,» the former Fortress hedge fund manager said at a CoinDesk bitcoin conference.

The NRA reportedly continued to use long - running ads after the shooting, most of them aimed at increasing memberships.

That sounds like as long as Turnberry is linked to Trump, it may not have a shot at ever hosting the prestigious major.

The center of the cord is gray matter — essentially an extension of the brain, like a tail — that is sheathed in fibrous white matter, with long, thin nerve fibers called axons shooting out at intervals to wire every part of the body.

If Adele's album sales stay on track to reach 2.5 million, 25 would become this year's best - selling album by a long shot, surpassing Taylor Swift's 1989, sales of which stood at 1.74 million as of Nov. 12, according to Billboard.

The prospect of additional funding, combined with a new plan from management, offered Shop.ca not just a chance to survive for a while longer, but a shot at turning an actual profit.

So directors opt for shots at least 15 seconds long; the largest screens have no cuts at all — images fade in and out dreamily.

While Google's service seems a direct shot at other subscription - based streaming music providers, like Spotify and Rdio, it is also a direct shot at Apple (AAPL), which has long been rumored to be planning a streaming service on its iTunes store.

But if you can bear to watch the races long enough, you'll find some interesting lessons for leaders including how to say you're sorry when you screw up — and have a shot at bouncing back.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP)-- While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico's cartel wars.

Woods opened in August 2017 as a 100/1 long - shot to take the green jacket at the Masters, but after a month of solid play during which viewers have seen flashes of the Tiger of old, Woods» odds have fallen all the way down to 16/1, the seventh best odds in the field.

It is a long shot to break the impasse on Greek debt at the Brussels meeting, but an agreement to continue talking could be the best outcome.

While Booker's new bill is also a long - shot, it comes at a time when more and more Americans are voicing support for marijuana legalization.

If North Korea shot a missile at the US, it would enter the atmosphere at a shallow angle and undergo longer exposure to intense heat and pressure, which could destroy the missile or knock it off course.

In an uncertain world, committing long - term capital in exchange for an illiquidity premium and a predictable return that — while not shooting out the lights — should at least be highly respectable, has a lot to be said for it.

Back - date your posts so it looks like you've been at this for a long time, and do shoot for an impressive volume (at least 30 posts), but never sacrifice quality for quantity here.

Initially, they were a bit dubious about using AdWords to grow their business, but they told me that as long as we could produce leads through AdWords at the same price as their current channels, they were willing to give it a shot.

No matter which one you believe has a better shot at replacing government backed money in the long run as a payment method and / or as a store of value, it may be prudent to have some amount of both in your overall portfolio.

Self - starters who stay mentally strong will come out of this process, which always takes longer than expected, with a better shot at success.

A day before the post calling out award shows, he posted another image to Instagram: A screen shot of Bethel Music's «No Longer Slaves» playing on his iPhone with the caption, «This song puts my heart and soul at ease.»

In a major announcement, massive sports retail store Dick's Sporting Goods said it will no longer sell assault style weapons in the wake of the mass shooting that took 17 lives at Parkland, and the ensuing activism from survivors of the tragedy.

It's a rumor that began long before the shots rang out at Sandy Hook and long before this Advent season.

As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999, he shot a weary look at a person ticking off his ministry's successes.

The tinies — who are no longer all that tiny to be honest — were shooting hoops at the side of the house.

The list of movies and TV shows that take shots at Christianity for the laughs is too long to try to list, which is what makes Black - ish so refreshing.