unlucky
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"Being impacted by such a rare, distant projectile really underscores how unlucky the dinosaurs were," says Dr. Claeys.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
If you’re unlucky enough to have gotten the bug yourself, pretty bad!
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
The character was known for his ambition and mysterious business dealings but also had a reputation for being unlucky in love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Western Asset Management has 13 — unlucky for some — closed-end funds currently trading on the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
And I remembered Popo once telling me four is a very unlucky number because if you say it in an angry way, it always comes out wrong.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
"We couldn't have been unluckier than that. This is not what we were expecting," said Harmanpreet.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2023
"Is there anyone unluckier than me?" said Xiaohongshu user "sanmingliu", who posted photos of her shipping container room.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2022
Meanwhile, there are tens of thousands of unluckier Afghans who did not manage to board a flight to the United States last summer.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
We saw that, though we were born in far unluckier places, we have all the same talents as our Western-born peers.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2019
And if it happened to be his head that Timothy Turtle seized—well, then he was unluckier still!
From The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck-me-In Tales by Bailey, Arthur Scott
The first thing that had to go right was an unbelievable stroke of luck on the unluckiest night of Tatum’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
They have been called “the unluckiest generation” in U.S. history.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
Mr Beer wasn’t impressed and asked her: “Do you think you’re the unluckiest CEO in history?”
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
How did one of football’s unluckiest franchises manage to blow things this badly?
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2024
Maybe it hit the floor and rolled into another crack—a crack in the living room floor—which would make Genie the unluckiest kid in the world.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
