fluke

Example Sentences

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Kevin Keshishyan, Los Altos: A 6-7 junior, Keshishyan entered this week averaging 20.4 points and 8.2 rebounds, proving his summer development was no fluke.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Proving it was no fluke, it was the second time in three months that big-serving Rybakina has beaten the world number one.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

But even this highly capable bot made one mistake - breaking a wine glass on its first attempt, which appears to have been a bad fluke.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Mr. Moore’s appointment feels like one more attempt to frame the fire as a blame-free fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Of course, if diprotodons had been the only large animal to disappear at this time, it might have been just a fluke.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari