Search Details

Word: flukes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...cried and called it a fluke...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Spikers Down the Red in Tense Contest | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

Unlike in other games Harvard failed to win in the last two seasons, this time the Crimson (3-2-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) didn't outplay its opponents. It wasn't a question of luck or near-misses or fluke goals. The Warriors (5-5 overall) were the better team on the field...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Booters Burned by the 'Wick | 10/3/1988 | See Source »

Thompson said it "was not a fluke" that he won, but was due to "hard work." Lee added, "I would assume that a low turnout would favor an incumbent." Thompson said the main issue of the campaign was "accessibility and accountability. We've been here every...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Graham Keeps Running Despite Loss | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

...simple. The Crusaders needed some kind of miracle--a fluke play or an unbelievable ending...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weekend Proves Nightmarish for Ivy League Squads | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...called red and brown tides -- regularly blot the nation's coastal bays and gulfs, leaving behind a trail of dying fish and contaminated mollusks and crustaceans. Patches of water that have been almost totally depleted of oxygen, known as dead zones, are proliferating. As many as 1 million fluke and flounder were killed earlier this summer when they became trapped in anoxic water in New Jersey's Raritan Bay. Another huge dead zone, 300 miles long and ten miles wide, is adrift in the Gulf of Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Dirty Seas | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

Previous | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | Next