bad luck

Example Sentences

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“Bad years for the S&P 500 are due to very specific factors, not just bad luck or arbitrary changes in investor sentiment,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Their conditions are not known to be genetically linked - and they say it's just "bad luck" that it has hit their family twice.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Some of it he chalks up to bad luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Unlike the classic movie, though, Wall Street has no angels to help those who, like the film’s hero, George Bailey, have lost their way through bad luck or faulty decisions.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He was sure the fall was more bad luck, and he was sure it was because of the stolen twenty.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty