bad luck
Example Sentences
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The “why” could be bad luck, better awareness in diagnosing concussions or something else.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 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
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
With all of that bad luck talk, Daisy saw that she had me worried and she took advantage of it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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