bad luck
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Tradition calls for spending the day outdoors to ward off bad luck.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
“Bad years for the S&P 500 are due to very specific factors, not just bad luck or arbitrary changes in investor sentiment,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
But it was Russell's bad luck to join Mercedes just as they made a hash of the new regulations that were introduced in 2022.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Some of it he chalks up to bad luck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
But there were rumors about Spares being bad luck, and Ravenskillians were nothing if not superstitious.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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