fluke

Example Sentences

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Magnusson’s fame was a fluke, resulting from a conversation between Jane and an American friend in the publishing business, Stephen Morrison.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite my cat trepidation, I saw him again, just to make sure my first-date magic wasn’t a fluke.

From Los Angeles Times

For those who grew up with Ms. Blume’s star fixed immutably in their literary firmament, it’s hard to think of her success as a fluke of time and place.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

It was a fluke that she was born in Ukraine.

From Los Angeles Times