fluke

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 27, 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

As Short says in “Starring Dick Van Dyke,” being in a hit TV show is a fluke.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

Perhaps the only thing that can hold the Thunder back is a strange scheduling fluke that neither the Bulls nor the Warriors had to deal with.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

I thought about telling him I hadn’t come looking for anything, that it was a total fluke I’d crashed right in front of New Life in Christ.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx