long-shot

What he had, at that point, was a plan that could most charitably be called a long-shot.

Double or Nothing 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: Do Doctors Die Like the Rest of Us? Barbara Coombs Lee 2012

For months, former corporate executive Herman Cain has waged a ceaseless ground attack in his long-shot quest for the Republican presidential nomination.

GOP Debate Fuels a Long Shot Neil King Jr. 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.

Minor Players Highlight Governor Debate Jacob Gershman 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: Do Doctors Die Like the Rest of Us? 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...

Stephen Colbert, Buddy Roemer Coordinate In Super PAC Ad Criticizing Super PAC Coordination The Huffington Post News Team 2011

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: Scared To Death: Toxic Debate Over Chemicals Threatens Risk-Based Regulations Jon Entine 2011

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: Do Doctors Die Like the Rest of Us? Barbara Coombs Lee 2012

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: Scared To Death: Toxic Debate Over Chemicals Threatens Risk-Based Regulations Jon Entine 2011

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: Do Doctors Die Like the Rest of Us? Barbara Coombs Lee 2012