31.   He defied the odds and, using chopsticks, plopped more sushi into his mouth.

32.   He defied those odds by making both shots.

33.   He would defy medical odds and baffle major league hitters, just as he had done in the past.

34.   His uncle, Raymond S. Smith, said he was not surprised that his nephew defied the odds.

35.   How has he defied the odds thus far?

36.   I went onto the patio and there she was, still sitting in her basket, defying the odds.

37.   If so, his clients will defy the odds with the fickle American audience.

38.   In the history of football coaches, there is a select group who defied odds and ignored instincts in search of glory.

39.   It defies all odds.

40.   Kerry Kittles pointed out how the Nets this season kept defying the odds, kept fooling the critics, and how the news media never quite believed.