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

Looking back, Ann Sheppard, 73, from Reading, thinks she must have hit the jackpot.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

But they felt as if they had hit the jackpot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

The Hawks hit the jackpot despite just 3% odds after finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference at 36-46.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

But Mark finally hit the jackpot in a place most people would never have had the patience to find.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner