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  • "I won't bother to cover all your 'improbables'," Mergly concluded with a shrug.

    Misinformation Myers, Howard L 2003

  • There were plenty of other improbables, like kicker Chris Hetland.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Sure, there are lots of improbables and imponderables in there: this is pretty much the Twilight Zone of political speculation.

    Mandy's path to the premiership 2009

  • Sure, there are lots of improbables and imponderables in there: this is pretty much the Twilight Zone of political speculation.

    Mandy's path to the premiership 2009

  • La, la femme se ramene avec un enorme carton chronopost pret a poster le truc aux dimensions improbables!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008

  • Notes de lecture de "The Black Swan", sur l'impact des événements hautement improbables.

    Reading The Black Swan — Climb to the Stars 2007

  • Side-splittingly funny account of a Polish expat who returned to Warsaw and got (very incompetently) mugged, then flagged down a vanload of completely bonkers cops who ran around the city, stopping trams and pointing at nuns, businessmen and other improbables and saying, "are these the kids who mugged you?"

    Boing Boing: May 16, 2004 - May 22, 2004 Archives 2004

  • "Because despite the explanations, the improbables are still just that," retorted Tosen.

    Misinformation Myers, Howard L 2003

  • With a 14-3 record and 3.78 ERA, the St. Louis Cardinals 'right-hander is one of the improbables who has defied the odds to make his first appearance in the All-Star Game.

    Bottenfield, Millwood, Byrd earn berths 1999

  • Boxscore: 3 probables, 2 improbables, 1 impossible, 1 improbable on different grounds — which is hardly unanimous expert testimony proving impossibility.

    The Second Oswald Crawford, Curtis 1966

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