unlikely saviour

Examples (10)

• The small, forgotten startup emerged as the unlikely saviour of the struggling industry.
• In the final moments, a substitute player became the team's unlikely saviour, scoring the winning goal.
• Everyone dismissed his eccentric ideas, but he proved to be the unlikely saviour of the project.
• The tiny village, devastated by the flood, found an unlikely saviour in a passing tourist.
• Despite his notorious past, the former criminal acted as an unlikely saviour for the trapped children.
• The old, abandoned factory, once an eyesore, became the unlikely saviour of the town's economy when it was repurposed.
• Facing bankruptcy, the company's unlikely saviour turned out to be a last-minute investment from an unknown source.
• She never expected help from him, yet he appeared as her unlikely saviour in her moment of need.
• The government's new, controversial policy was an unlikely saviour for the ailing healthcare system.
• Who would have thought that a stray cat would be the unlikely saviour of the mouse-infested farmhouse?