misfortune
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Everyone knows the championship is basically over, barring some kind of dramatic misfortune.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"He was a star... He had chosen the spotlight," Ditum argued, acknowledging that his story had the "misfortune" to break in the middle of a summer news vacuum.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
At the time of her misfortune, I was book editor of the Los Angeles Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was Chase’s misfortune to have worked in short subjects at a time when they were going out of fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I never want to lay eyes on any Spiritualists again, and I wish to say clearly that I owe all my misfortune to that woman, my sister, Mrs. Underhill.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Despite undeniable talent, those early misfortunes could now be seen as an omen of what was to come.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The vice president, meantime, experienced a series of misfortunes reminiscent of the classic children’s book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Back pain, difficult childbirth, dental crowding and sinus infections are not random misfortunes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Despite all of her misfortunes, self-inflicted or otherwise, Allen held her head high, beating the notoriously brutal British tabloids at their own game — or, at the very least, becoming a formative opponent.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
He was so happy about his gifts that he forgot his misfortunes.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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