lucky break
Example Sentences
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In drawing the moral to this experience, Graham wrote: “One lucky break, or one supremely shrewd decision — can we tell them apart? — may count for more than a lifetime of journeyman efforts.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
If projections of the unexpected tax windfall, which analysts attribute to stock market interest in artificial intelligence companies, bear out, the upswing could mark a lucky break for Newsom.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Without her lucky break, she said, she would still be doing restaurant shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
A lucky break occurred, she told us, when a wealthy donor purchased a facility from a medical practice that had closed and donated it to the group.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Tonight was another fluke, a lucky break, a gift.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
