LONG SHOT Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

long shot

noun

Definition of long shot

as in dark horse

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sure thing

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Recent Examples of long shot Malawi football has been a long shot at international competitions for years. — Pj Green august 9, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026 There was a long shot taken at an Egyptian port on the Mediterranean Sea to show the range of their weapons. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 There’s a path for the Leafs to be decent short-term, but a Stanley Cup run over the next few years feels like a long shot, especially since their best players have underwhelming playoff track records. — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Already, the group holds a 26 percent stake and offered to buy the rest of the company at 38 euros a share, although analysts see an actual buyout as a long shot. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for long shot

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Noun

Could the South Carolina Gamecocks be a dark horse to crash the College Football Playoff?

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Iamaleava could have allowed the disparagement to compound, but the starting signal-caller is using it as fuel for a 2026 season where many have the Bruins painted as a potential dark horse.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dark horse

Noun

The Rattlers finished 4-4 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play in 2025, just two seasons removed from winning the Celebration Bowl and a Black college football national championship.

— John Devine, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
And the who, what and why of the vengeful spirit is the narrative pull of the play — along with the tense anticipation of more revelations, suspicions and shocks.

— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of play

Noun

For many, the Obama presidency felt like a time when America’s founding principles of equality and liberty for all were finally being realized.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Through first-person testimonies and family photos from California communities, the show confronts family separations, civil-liberties violations and the long shadow of deportation campaigns on Mexican American life.

— Isa Farfan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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