bad fortune
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Coming at a time of flagging growth, tumbling stock and the company’s first report of a quarterly loss, the Dollar Menu reversed the fast food giant’s bad fortune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2025
Unless you had the bad fortune to be a federal government employee, the texture of your lived experience probably hasn’t changed much in the last several months.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2025
Bertrand half-blames our bad fortune on him forgetting his lucky hat.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
But they’ve been done in by not just bad fortune on the injury front; execution also has been a problem, particularly at pivotal junctures of close games.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
“No, Miss,” she said, laughing, “it is our bad fortune to be here making these and somebody else’s bad fortune to pay to get them.”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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