bad luck
Example Sentences
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Tradition calls for spending the day outdoors to ward off bad luck.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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
“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
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 • Mar. 15, 2026
It is bad luck to let one of these small whirlwinds strike you.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
