against all odds
idiom
: despite success being very unlikely
He was able to do it, against all odds.
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Growth against all odds: that was our theme for this season.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
An unexpected dynamic months in the making appears to have reared its head during the final stretch of the presidential race: former President Donald Trump has achieved, against all odds and in the face of relentlessly negative media coverage, genuine mainstream popularity.
—Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
After 34 years behind bars, the Menendez brothers, who fatally shot their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills, Calif. home in 1989, might against all odds be coming home soon.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The Serpent Queen, based on the book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda, is a contemporary spin on the life of Catherine, who against all odds became one of the most powerful and longest-serving rulers in French history.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
An unexpected dynamic months in the making appears to have reared its head during the final stretch of the presidential race: former President Donald Trump has achieved, against all odds and in the face of relentlessly negative media coverage, genuine mainstream popularity.
—Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
After 34 years behind bars, the Menendez brothers, who fatally shot their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills, Calif. home in 1989, might against all odds be coming home soon.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The Serpent Queen, based on the book Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda, is a contemporary spin on the life of Catherine, who against all odds became one of the most powerful and longest-serving rulers in French history.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Against all odds.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/against%20all%20odds. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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