bad luck

Example Sentences

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Meta and Google both vowed to appeal verdicts that were handed down by civil juries in Los Angeles County and Santa Fe, N.M., brushing off the losses as a bit of bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times

No college basketball fan weeps for the Blue Devils’ bad luck, but Duke knows better than most that a great regular season doesn’t guarantee a championship.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it was Russell's bad luck to join Mercedes just as they made a hash of the new regulations that were introduced in 2022.

From BBC

"If they do, they finish the ride then go to the back of their car and spit three times to dispel the bad luck," he says.

From BBC

“Don’t ever say you don’t believe in the Old Man of the Mountains. He hears everything that’s said in these hills, and he’ll cause you to have bad luck.”

From Literature