one in a million
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Wendy Williams, 61, lost her steel worker husband Steven, 56, to a "one in a million" rare cancer in 2019.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A Chicago aquarium overcame one in a million odds to raise a warty frogfish.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
We were set to meet at the Hamptons Film Festival, but I got to meet her beautiful daughter, Vicky, who is really just one in a million, just a stunning, wonderful human being.
From Salon • May 9, 2025
“Chordoma is a one in a million cancer,” Gary Sinise wrote Tuesday, sharing information about the disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
“What you’re suggesting is a one in a million chance, and that means there are nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand other chances to die.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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