When shooting the ball, you can lean back as you drive up to kick it - this can make a long shot, depending where you kick the ball.
To rescue its struggling business, Hewlett-Packard is making a long-shot bid to change the fundamentals of how computers work.
"We're not expecting any major change — it's still the same machine that is running the U.F.T.," said James Eterno, who is making a long-shot bid to challenge Mr. Mulgrew.
Mr. Schluter, a New Jersey state senator who is making a long-shot run for governor as an independent, today introduced as his campaign manager Douglas E. Friedline, who guided the professional wrestler Jesse Ventura to victory in the 1998 Minnesota governor's race.
And now they are making a long-shot bid to tap into funds the state set aside for a rainy day.
He made a long-shot bid in the 1984 presidential race with calls to end US military involvement in Lebanon and Central America and to open arms talks with the Soviets.
Jay Inslee (D) has decided to make a long-shot bid for the White House in 2020, and he's campaigning on a platform to combat climate change.
Like Bernie, Thompson ran an unapologetically progressive campaign, running on a platform to raise the minimum wage, protect health care and public education — and, even though most Democrats inside the beltway didn't take him seriously, he managed to make a long-shot race competitive.
Enamored with the Ricky Gervaishowlmed show, Bratton made a long-shot audition tape after finding out the series already had its cast, creating a character that was a version of himself if he had tried to continue the lifestyle from his musician life into his older days.
On the downhill, par-5 second hole, he left his drive tight to the left-hand Georgia pines, making a long second shot to the green extremely difficult.
However, Congress would need to approve the request, making it a long shot given all-but-certain Democratic opposition.
