dumb luck

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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

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

There are various implications there, that if you don't succeed or you don't find wealth, it's your individual fault, rather than the fault of the system or dumb luck.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2024

Napoleon ascends through shrewdness and dumb luck, taking advantage of anti-royalist sentiment one minute and crowning himself emperor the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Spotting the Butterfly was 100 percent dumb luck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin