stroke of bad luck
Example Sentences
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It’s the latest stroke of bad luck for Roff, who suffered an arm injury against Wisconsin on Sept. 9, missed the next three games, then returned Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
One misstep, one con, one stroke of bad luck can be all it takes to derail them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2019
In a stroke of bad luck -- or maybe there is such a thing as the "Drake curse" -- a series of teams or players have lost after the rapper has expressed support for them.
From Fox News ● Jun. 4, 2019
It was a stroke of bad luck for him, and the Metropolitan Police, that she found the real one.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2019
Or have we just had a stroke of bad luck?
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
