Considering the time lost, The Shadow was far behind the pack; nevertheless, there was a long-shot chance that he might arrive in time.

With the ball sailed the Jets' long-shot chance to make the playoffs.

This year, Mr. Kessel says, "my counsel tells me the bill does have a long-shot chance of getting through in the next month."

Because I supposed that the secret service would be playing every long-shot chance in an effort to find the NEC.

"It's more than a long-shot chance that he could be traded," the source, who requested his name not be used, said.

They have a long-shot chance of winning Allegheny International Inc., the consumer-products company in bankruptcy proceedings.

But Sanborn saw a long-shot chance to find a road to the dummy.

"He has just a long-shot chance," he told them.

Easier to cut loose, if necessary; and there was the long-shot chance of stumbling across some information that would later turn out to be valuable.

So I thought, "What the hell - why not go into an experiment that had a long-shot chance of helping?"