Sentence examples for lucky mistake from inspiring English sources

In Angwin's telling, it was at this early stage that MySpace also benefited from an incredibly lucky mistake.

It was Ginsberg who hatched the title "Naked Lunch," by a lucky mistake, having misread the phrase "naked lust" in a Burroughs manuscript.

This argument was made in detail in yesterday's Times by Breakingviews.com's Hugo Dixon and Dwight Cass, who actually argue that Lehman's failure may have been a "lucky mistake," because it woke governments up to the severity of the crisis and the need for substantial action like recapitalizing banks.

But I was lucky that my mistake ended up not having any clinical consequences.

"We've been lucky that any mistakes we have made in the coaching side or during games, from my perspective, haven't been punished.

International rugby is so tight that little mistakes and lucky breaks can be all it takes to decide the outcome.

South Korea relied on a harassing defense and looked to create a chance off a lucky bounce or a German mistake.

Whilst this may be true and some people might get lucky, if you make a mistake you could pay quite dearly for a simple omission or misunderstanding.

He's also increased his walk rate by 3.9% to a career-high 11.7%, so don't mistake calling him "lucky" for being a total fraud as the man's speed can buy good fortune here.

After trading mistakes, Wawrinka got lucky at 30-30, mishitting a service return and fooling Djokovic.

The story of the "poker boom" has been told several times already, but the CliffsNotes version goes like this: In 2003, ESPN televised the World Series of Poker, an event obscure outside of the gambling world, and millions of people watched as Chris Moneymaker an amateur who made some boneheaded mistakes but got lucky again and again won the tournament, and $2.5 million.