21.   He believes he will win, but in the time-honored manner of a chess diva, is already complaining that the odds are stacked against him.

22.   Harris feels the odds were stacked against his team in the nationally televised game.

23.   Historically, Jones suggests, the odds may be stacked against its recovery.

24.   If the odds generally are stacked against expansion teams for immediate success, today the Thrashers have a chance to overcome their first hurdle.

25.   In fact, at this moment, the political odds are stacked against it.

26.   In the age of the shooter and the Jell-O shot, that stacks the odds against the julep.

27.   In the atmosphere of professional sports today, the odds are heavily stacked against it.

28.   It seemed the odds were stacked against us late in that game and we pulled it out.

29.   Leonard has shown the heart and skill to win when the odds were stacked against him.

30.   Like other black women who have battled breast cancer, Karen Jackson found the odds stacked against her when she learned the fearsome diagnosis three years ago.