fluke
Example Sentences
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Call it what you will: chances, providence, fluke, good fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
A sports team that consistently ranks in the top tier of its division is unlikely to be a fluke.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
But here they proved victory over Hull KR was no fluke and it could prove a season of surprises for the Knights, while the Airlie Birds contemplated a second successive defeat.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Proving it was no fluke, it was the second time in three months that big-serving Rybakina has beaten the world number one.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
I played well yesterday but that could have been a fluke.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.