raw deal

Example Sentences

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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 • Dec. 3, 2024

"I just think that Steve got a raw deal," said Representative Vern Buchanan.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

Permit me to save you the trouble of finding out for yourself: “Be Useful” is a raw deal, a hollow PR exercise filled with precepts and quips but devoid of self-awareness or humility.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

The Beavers and Cougars have gotten a raw deal as the Pac-12 fell apart, leaving them looking at a future outside the Power Five while the other 10 schools scrambled to new conferences.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

I'm the one that's given the raw deal.

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.