dumb luck
Example Sentences
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Fischer has a gift for highlighting the ways that moments that we now accept as inevitable were often the product of dumb luck, pyrrhic victories and tough decisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Then, there’s a “Jeopardy!”-like general-knowledge quiz, although it seems to be based on dumb luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
"By the grace of god and/or dumb luck I’m still here," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
Because it’s clear that what happened was not a situation where the president was saved because of the scale of the Secret Service but by sheer dumb luck that he is still alive.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024
The ship had come and his father had appeared like a wraith on the boardwalks and it was only dumb luck that allowed Nailer to avoid the man.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
