raw deal

Example Sentences

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For most women, though, it’s a raw deal.

From Salon

By anyone’s standards, Lohan took the raw deal she was given as a child star whose popularity exploded in the brutal celebrity culture of the early aughts and transformed it into an impressive second act.

From Salon

It was already true that straight marriage is, statistically speaking, a raw deal for women.

From Salon

Sharks have been getting a raw deal from humans for a long time.

From Salon

Logie, who left Division II Point Loma to become Montana State’s head man last season, inherited a raw deal with the Bobcats.

From Seattle Times