raw deal
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
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 ● Mar. 25, 2024
So they’re trying to figure out how to split Expo Park and maybe, I don’t think, I don’t think that’s a good, that’s a raw deal for Curren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
They've had a raw deal since the world began.
From The Harbor by Ernest Poole