hit the jackpot
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t long after their final interview, held over dinner at Spago in Beverly Hills, that Kroenke understood he’d hit the jackpot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Schneider hit the jackpot in the lottery of life with that sleeper hit.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
Southern California’s latest lottery winner hit the jackpot in Arleta, where a Powerball ticket worth $207 million was sold at a 7-Eleven on Woodman Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
Looking back, Ann Sheppard, 73, from Reading, thinks she must have hit the jackpot.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025
Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
