strike gold

Example Sentences

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Big tech companies are starting to strike gold with artificial intelligence, but investors are still wringing their hands over the multibillion-dollar bets on data centers and chips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The Nuggets are hoping to strike gold again, like they did last summer when they took Christian Braun out of Kansas at No. 21.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

I didn’t always strike gold, or even silver, here.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

Conversations with two well-placed sources in the media industry not authorized to speak publicly about negotiations chalked up some of the Pac-12’s struggles to strike gold as unfortunate timing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2023

"The North Pole's nothing to fellows like us," one of them said later on; "once strike gold there, and we'll build a town on it in a month."

From The Book of the National Parks by Yard, Robert Sterling