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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a third shot at" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to having another opportunity or attempt at something after previous tries.
Example: "After failing the exam twice, I was determined to give it a third shot at passing."
Alternatives: "a third attempt at" or "another chance at".
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"If we could get a third shot at the plate, we could get the audience back.
The first time I saw Persian Punch was back in 1997, at Longchamp - which is where, incidentally, he is now headed, for a third shot at the Prix du Cadran (and imagine the scenes if he wins that on Arc day).
Evans missed a third shot at goal on sixty minutes when George Kruis was sin-binned Evans made it 16-15 from infront of the posts.
It was while watching the track team dominate again in a punditry role for the BBC at London 2012 that Cavendish first started to talk about returning to the velodrome for a third shot at a medal.
UFC president Dana White has said Tate will get a third shot at Rousey, after Rousey's current hiatus from fighting to concentrate on a movie career.
And it begs acknowledgment that if the Packers do win, they will be one step closer to a third shot at Brutus/Judas Favre.
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Not many toys get a second shot at success.
And I have a second shot at it".
For Walden, the film is a second shot at an education-reform movie.
He calls the list "a first shot at fantasy fund-raising".
The prospect of taking a second shot at the Lions was all the incentive Smith needed.
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