lucky break
Example Sentences
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In drawing the moral to this experience, Graham wrote: “One lucky break, or one supremely shrewd decision — can we tell them apart? — may count for more than a lifetime of journeyman efforts.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
If projections of the unexpected tax windfall, which analysts attribute to stock market interest in artificial intelligence companies, bear out, the upswing could mark a lucky break for Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
With the political relationship in such a bad shape in recent months, she says this long-planned visit could prove to be a lucky break.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
A lucky break occurred, she told us, when a wealthy donor purchased a facility from a medical practice that had closed and donated it to the group.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
The emergency room is nearly abandoned at five-thirty in the morning—I don’t know how I caught that lucky break.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
