Example Sentences

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If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

The battle closed in and people started to risk escape, tying white flags to vehicles crammed with people and chancing it on the treacherous road out.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

Like Friday nights at Blockbuster back in the day, the pleasure of Shudder is in chancing upon under-the-radar stuff.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2019

“You’re always chancing it when you come back,” Romo said.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2015

Was it worth chancing it, or should he double back?

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling