lucky
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For that price, a lucky tenant will gain access not only to a slice of life in one of California’s most exclusive communities, but also to a taste of Bloom’s personal style.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“There was no electricity, not enough food…you’d be lucky to eat meat once a month.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
They scheduled the party two weeks ago and got lucky when they heard the corpse flowers were in bloom on the same day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But her eyes filled as she described driving past friends' houses that had not been so lucky.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It was nearly dusk when he got lucky and found a clump of pignuts.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Even the beloveds, wonderfuls, luckies and so on were all Dones, and the awfuls were Not-Dooes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Kang survived, which made him luckier than others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Shahdeh Zaarb, 45, is luckier than his fellow Gazans, for he holds West Bank residency, having worked there regularly for the past 20 years.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
As McDermott said, “You control how hard you work, and the harder you work, the luckier you’re going to get.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
“The harder you work,” he says, in what amounts to a personal mantra, “the luckier you get.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
The luckier ones among my siblings got to stay with host families, but I had to go to camps where they housed ten of us in a cabin for two weeks at a time.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
"I am without a doubt, officially, the world's luckiest man," he told the paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
John Thorrington must be the luckiest general manager in MLS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
There is a small chance that whoever placed these bets was just the luckiest person in the world.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
“Palantir and Nvidia are the two luckiest companies on the planet,” he told Lewis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
“So are you the one who has been painting with Rei's dad? Man, you're like the luckiest person alive,” a stocky boy with red curls says, his face swollen with awe.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
