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unexpected winner

NOUN
dark horse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
also-ran long shot sleeper underdog
WEAK
hundred-to-one shot improbability little chance little opportunity outside chance outside shot poor bet poor lookout poor possibility poor prognosis poor prospect slim chance small chance stalking horse unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood unlikely winner upsetter

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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

“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

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