1.   That Jaime Guerrero is alive to attend the dinner probably defies the odds.

2.   The baby, born sixteen weeks too early, defied the odds and is celebrating her first birthday.

3.   A baby who defied the odds and survived despite being born sixteen weeks premature, has been celebrating her first birthday.

4.   In the event, the cyclist defied the odds and survived.

5.   As astonishing as it may seem, the lowly Pirates are defying the odds these days.

6.   Barbara Boxer has spent much of her political career defying the odds.

7.   Behind his down-to-earth facade resided a worldly man respectful of his own limitations, who rarely harbored aspirations that defied the odds.

8.   Beth Schmidt, a volunteer for the opposition, said the victory defied the odds.

9.   Bill Clinton had again defied the odds, embarrassed the experts and vanquished his political enemies.