luck

Example Sentences

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Allowing drivers a 'free' stop during a safety car period just seems to bring an unnecessary element of luck to races.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

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

Still possible: Try your luck in early April’s last-minute ticket sales phase on FIFA’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

She combed her hair with an ashwood comb carved like a raven’s claw, then tied it back in a horsetail and stuck in an owl feather for hunting luck.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver