How to Use fluke in a Sentence

fluke

noun
  • Doubs’ mishap might’ve just been a fluke.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • So was this year a fluke, or a sign of things to come?
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Were the rises of these two teams a fluke?
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • Its success this time could have been a fluke.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Is that a fluke that will level out over time?
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Now the goal becomes to prove this was no fluke.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Not a fluke, and they weren’t carried by a hot goalie.
    — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The back-to-back medals prove this beers success is not a fluke.
    — Erik Ofgang, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Pop Mart’s success isn’t a fluke.
    — Kiana Siriwardene, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Or is this a fluke, a once-in-a-lifetime group of young stars?
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This wasn’t a fluke or a case of one team getting hot at the right time.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Whether this marks a lasting shift or a fluke is unclear.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • The craziest thing is that not an ounce of it is a fluke.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • His status as one of the sport’s supreme lefty mashers is no fluke.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But what if 2025 wasn’t a fluke for Evans?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The Knicks’ grit in the Finals was not a fluke.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 13 June 2026
  • These moments are not flukes either.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • What once felt like a fluke has turned into one of the biggest hits of its era.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • May the Dodgers now be wary—Friday night was not a fluke.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The sample size is getting big enough to suggest this isn’t a fluke.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This didn’t happen to me by a fluke accident.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
  • The bracket says a VGK sweep had to be a fluke.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • Grisham mashed last year, and all of the numbers back up that his season was no fluke.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Whale song, the splashing of flippers, the flashing of flukes.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • But the Terps were a step slow all game, and the win by Michigan was no fluke.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023
  • His road to Bearcat fame as a pinpoint pigskin placer was almost a fluke.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Some of his cooking, like the pil-pil and the fluke in olive oil, is flat-out Iberian.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Whether that’s just a fluke or a true issue is up for debate in baseball circles.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 May 2026
  • This year’s second weekend not selling out in advance could be a one-time fluke.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • As a sophomore, Koivun proved his dominance was no fluke.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025

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