What he had, at that point, was a plan that could most charitably be called a long-shot. ❋ Peter David (1999)
What struck a chord was the assertion that doctors with terminal illness often reject the long-shot technology that traps other people in cycles of hospitalizations, surgeries, procedures and chemicals and ensures their final days will be in intensive-care lockdown. ❋ Barbara Coombs Lee (2012)
A few months later, when we were a long-shot gunning for a new Community Schools grant, she helped arrange a meeting with the Mayor's office. ❋ Jacqueline Edelberg (2010)
Johnson, a first-time candidate, seemed like a long-shot for much of the campaign, but Feingold has proved to be more vulnerable than originally thought - he's now trailing Johnson in nearly every recent public poll of the race. ❋ Felicia Sonmez (2010)
Dan Leibsohn worked for over six years to write a comprehensive business plan, and now needs a few more months and continued community support to make a once viewed long-shot a reality. ❋ John Harrington (2010)
For months, former corporate executive Herman Cain has waged a ceaseless ground attack in his long-shot quest for the Republican presidential nomination. ❋ Neil King Jr. (2011)
The first few months for any business was bound to be tough, a long-shot, but once they got back on top of the cash-flow … ❋ Unknown (2010)
In the case of BPA, atrazine and other chemical with demonstrable societal benefits, are we prepared to trade off the certainty that banning them will damage health against the long-shot possibility, based on contradictory studies on rodents or frogs, that a chemical might be harmful over a lifetime of exposure? ❋ Jon Entine (2011)
Last night's Delaware Senate debate might have made for good TV, but the morning after, Christine O'Donnell (R) remains a long-shot in the race for Vice President Joe Biden's former Senate seat. ❋ Felicia Sonmez (2010)
The graphic television ads created by Missy Reilly Smith, a GOP candidate for the District's congressional delegate seat, to generate interest in her long-shot campaign will probably start hitting television sets across the region this week. ❋ Washington Post Editor (2010)
The thought that these very doctors would play the odds, decline futile or invasive long-shot therapy, relax into palliative care and die at home seems an affront. ❋ Barbara Coombs Lee (2012)
Buddy Roemer has suffered some setbacks of late in his long-shot bid to earn the GOP nomination through honesty and a principled stand against the per... ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2011)
In his final remarks, Mr. Paladino defended his long-shot candidacy and appeared to respond to his critics who have questioned his fitness for office. ❋ Jacob Gershman (2010)
- And last but not least, this ad from long-shot Republican congressional candidate Sean Bielat goes after Rep. Frank for "dancing around the issues." ❋ Emi Kolawole (2010)
[Joey]: Listen, I know it's a long [shot], but by any [chance],
did she find that funny? ❋ All Is White (2009)
I'm going to [write] a long shot [Clannad] [fic]. ❋ G-Kun (2009)
"Hey, why didn't you [pass]? I was in so much [space]! [Your such a] Long-Shot-Louis!" ❋ Nico Docherty (2008)
[This is] [Vincent], He will [take] are of you. He can be your Long Shot. ❋ Vinnie Business (2021)
