Thesaurus / luck
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In part, it’s just bad luck that the United States is being slammed with these events back-to-back-to-back.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCKCAROLYN GRAMLINGAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe NBA draft lottery isn’t all about luck — teams tank for a reason, of course — but the bouncing pingpong balls do play a big role.
THE NBA’S UNLUCKIEST LOTTERY TEAM FINALLY GOT A GOOD BOUNCENEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 21, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe next point on the luck end of the spectrum was the stock market.
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORTS GAMBLING (EP. 388 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 20, 2020FREAKONOMICSThe most you can do is put yourself in the path of luck—but to think you can guess with certainty the actual outcome is a presumptuousness the true poker player foregoes.
THE DECK IS NOT RIGGED: POKER AND THE LIMITS OF AIMARIA KONNIKOVAAUGUST 7, 2020SINGULARITY HUB So stats achieved before they can stabilize are mostly the result of luck.
THE MLB RECORDS* THAT COULD FALL IN A 60-GAME SEASONMICHAEL SALFINOAUGUST 3, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTI don’t see history as a comfort but rather as a guide to how much luck and skill it takes to maneuver through this stuff.
TRUMP CAN’T POSTPONE THE ELECTION, BUT HE CAN DELEGITIMIZE THE RESULTS.SARAH FROSTENSON (SARAH.FROSTENSON@ABC.COM)JULY 30, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTWho, as luck seemed sure to have it, was about to enter the world in the middle of a global pandemic.
THIS WEEK’S AWESOME TECH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WEB (THROUGH JULY 25)SINGULARITY HUB STAFFJULY 25, 2020SINGULARITY HUB In spite of this immoral trial, the child, by luck, somehow managed to come ashore to one Ebisu Saburo.
12 MAJOR JAPANESE GODS AND GODDESSES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUTDATTATREYA MANDALMAY 6, 2020REALM OF HISTORYA summer break in cases “would be a great stroke of luck,” says Maciej Boni.
COVID-19: WHEN WILL IT BE SAFE TO GO OUT AGAIN?JONATHAN LAMBERTMARCH 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIf not by good luck and good fortune, I would have been one of those people, and I never would have been Mary Daly on Freakonomics.
FED UP (EP. 390)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 26, 2019FREAKONOMICSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO LUCK
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