luck

Example Sentences

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"It's sheer luck we chose this protist to test our sequencing pipeline, and it just shows what's out there, highlighting just how little we know about the genetics of protists."

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

For those watching at home, you can submit a message of support and good luck here.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

He thinks of himself as the investigator’s Boswell, but “it was just my luck to be the only biographer in the world whose subject was determined not to tell me anything about himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

When Becerra told me he was thinking about running for mayor, I wished him good luck, because he would need it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“Actually, it was a mix of good luck and what God willed that brought us together. Mashallah.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar