misfortune
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Misfortune has piled on the supreme leader since the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
The form is called “Property Damaged or Destroyed by Misfortune or Calamity” or “ADS-820” and you can access it at this link.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2025
Misfortune and triumph just days apart shows the need for rigorous preparation to conquer Everest and survive in the most hostile conditions, experts say.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023
Each time leaders gather for the assembly, “it’s as if we were voting to award some sort of a ‘Global Misfortune of the Year’ prize,” only to be supplanted by another, he said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021
Misfortune, oh, say, like opening up a box that you think contains forty-eight water bottles, only to find that it’s full of ÁguaViva independent multi-tiered distributor brochures instead.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing misfortune
Power Prefix: mis-
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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