unexpected winner
Example Sentences
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The Big West next year will become the last major conference to launch a baseball championship tournament, and with it the possibility of an unexpected winner earning the conference an extra spot in the regionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
Plus: Heather Tal Murphy homes in on the unexpected winner of the OpenAI meltdown.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2023
With the Kraken sunk at the bottom of its conference, it’s worth noting that professional hockey’s return to Seattle produced an unexpected winner — the Seattle Monorail.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
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
