bad luck

Example Sentences

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In March, Nestlé showed that it’s adroit enough to bounce back from some bad luck.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Is it simply down to a long run of bad luck or is he and/or his team making mistakes?

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

She treats him compassionately, seeing him as a person with an unusually difficult background, and wants us to relate to him as though, given similar bad luck, we could easily be in his position.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Your bad luck talk got them Memphis notions into Versh. That ought to satisfy you.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner