strike gold

phrase

: to have great success with something
The studio struck gold with their latest film.

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The Sky need to strike gold this week. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 Outside the most rare handful of cards, retail investors and collectors are flipping back open their dusty collection books from 20 or more years ago and hoping to strike gold. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026 Saluting to a standing ovation, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry would strike gold once again. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026 That doesn’t matter to New Orleans, which owes its first-round pick to Atlanta, but certainly matters to the Mavericks, who are trying to strike gold in the lottery for the second consecutive year. — Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strike gold

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“Strike gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20gold. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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