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

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

By just drifting through the tumult and chaos of society, doing what he’s told, and through sheer dumb luck, Forrest Gump becomes one of the richest people in America.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024

Spotting the Butterfly was 100 percent dumb luck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin