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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a kernel of hope" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a small but significant amount of optimism or possibility in a difficult situation.
Example: "Even in the darkest times, she held onto a kernel of hope that things would eventually get better."
Alternatives: "a glimmer of hope" or "a spark of hope".
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Camelot is long odds-on to succeed but – as was demonstrated in Wednesday's Juddmonte International, when rivals from four other stables were deployed to take on Frankel – a kernel of hope must always exist.
This tragic statistic, at least, contains a kernel of hope: If we can change our criminal justice system to take choking seriously, we may be able to head off fatal attacks.
Yet, there is a kernel of hope.
While I don't know if the lessons of Parivartan will stick as Zaheer and others grow into adulthood, seeing the transformation in him gives me a kernel of hope.
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At the mere mention of this family's existence, a kernel of worry and hope began to spin inside of me.
She says the kernel of hope is all the people like those i this room who are aware and are spreading the word.
Many South Koreans hold out hope that there is at least a kernel of truth behind the fabrications.
A kernel of corn, she thinks.
Both arguments hold a kernel of truth.
There's a kernel of truth here.
That mordant proposal contains a kernel of truth.
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