lucky
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“He’s an American now, and we’re very lucky to have him.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Now, on top of that, you now have to pay even more - if you're lucky enough to find a spot - and it's just an additional stress when you're already really stressed," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Running under the surface of the film is the anxiety that kids his age are lucky to secure any job, even one as low-paying and exploitative as Erika’s studio assistant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Still, I feel lucky to have received this money at this time of my life.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“That’s my brother’s lucky baseball. He caught it at a real baseball game. I have to give it back to him.”
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
Even the beloveds, wonderfuls, luckies and so on were all Dones, and the awfuls were Not-Dooes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Electrical engineer Luca Linhsen is one of the luckier ones -- she took up a job as a software consultant in Hamburg this month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Kang survived, which made him luckier than others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
As McDermott said, “You control how hard you work, and the harder you work, the luckier you’re going to get.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
Still, as a state employee and a patron of one of Syria’s six state-owned banks, Elias was luckier than many others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
But they were luckier than usual: once they surprised a large fisher in the very act of dispatching a porcupine.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
There is a small chance that whoever placed these bets was just the luckiest person in the world.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
“Palantir and Nvidia are the two luckiest companies on the planet,” he told Lewis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Goldblum, who plays the Wizard in the films, got behind an emerald green piano and said, “I’m the luckiest guy on Earth,” when Erivo agreed to let him accompany her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
And people will visit us, and envy us, and talk about us; they’ll say we are the luckiest, happiest, handsomest couple in all England.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
