dumb luck

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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

Napoleon ascends through shrewdness and dumb luck, taking advantage of anti-royalist sentiment one minute and crowning himself emperor the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

By dumb luck I ended up in a private hospital cell when I arrived at Ashland.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos