bad luck

Example Sentences

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If you have the bad luck of experiencing a market downturn at the outset, your slope of growth will forever be lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

In the author’s words, “early childbearing, backbreaking labor, and bad luck were family traditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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 • Mar. 28, 2026

And yet Muñoz does not blame anyone for her death; instead, he puts it down to bad luck.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

“The only bad luck comes from your terrible breath,” quipped a voice from behind.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton