fluke

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the only thing that can hold the Thunder back is a strange scheduling fluke that neither the Bulls nor the Warriors had to deal with.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jayden Daniels keeps getting hit, key players continue to go down, and last week’s 31-0 embarrassment against the Vikings wasn’t a fluke.

From Los Angeles Times

"It was attracted to the outside of the carcass in a fluke event of preservation."

From Science Daily

There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.

From Literature

And almost halfway through the season, it’s looking less and less like a fluke.

From The Wall Street Journal