dumb luck

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Fischer has a gift for highlighting the ways that moments that we now accept as inevitable were often the product of dumb luck, pyrrhic victories and tough decisions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Then, there’s a “Jeopardy!”-like general-knowledge quiz, although it seems to be based on dumb luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

"By the grace of god and/or dumb luck I’m still here," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Because it’s clear that what happened was not a situation where the president was saved because of the scale of the Secret Service but by sheer dumb luck that he is still alive.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2024

Jesper could never tell how much of what Kaz got away with was smarts and planning and how much was dumb luck.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo