fluke
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O'Sullivan also took an eventful seventh frame in which he fluked a red to the middle but then fouled and brushed the black to allow Brecel an opportunity to pinch it.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
“Then I fluked the long one in at 17.”
From Golf Digest • Jun. 24, 2019
There is a sub-set of human being who will maintain England somehow fluked a semi-final, that any team they managed to beat must, by definition, be useless.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2018
Only one previous televised 147 break had been made in the sport's history before Thorburn - helped by a fluked opening red - pocketed all the balls up until the pink.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2017
I fluked an 8, a 9, a 10, and acted like it was nothing special.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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