unexpected winner
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Plus: Heather Tal Murphy homes in on the unexpected winner of the OpenAI meltdown.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2023
“House of the Dragon,” the HBO prequel to “Game of Thrones,” was a slightly unexpected winner for best television drama.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
He was an unexpected winner of the Kentucky Derby, with most of the prerace attention going to Essential Quality, Hot Rod Charlie and Rock Your World.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Olivia Colman was the unexpected winner of best actress, an award which had been widely expected to go to Glenn Close.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2019
A teaching fellow at Columbia University, Pardlo was an unexpected winner; his book had been rejected by all the major publishers when he submitted it in 2010.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2015
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