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hope against hope

verb

Etymology

Likely a paraphrase of the first few words of Romans 4:18.

Definitions

  1. To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.

    • Would he be in time to rescue? He hoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seemed to him that he was equal to the task of wiping out the entire population of that terrible city.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hope against hope. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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