second chance
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second chances
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“It has granted me a second chance at life,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Watkins may choose to stay at USC another season, which would give the Sparks a second chance at her in the lottery if they aren’t back on their feet yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Cordido says the phrase that gave him a second chance is etched in his mind: "Is anyone there?"
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The site now states that his teams have “served” more than 45,000 women and children, “some of whom needed to be rescued from captivity and given a second chance at life.”
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the days where you could be hanged in London from Tyburn’s triple-crowned tree for the theft of twelve pennies, the Americas became a symbol of clemency, of a second chance.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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