bad luck
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Bad luck would, of course, be your cancer diagnosis, which you’ve been open about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Bad luck struck again for Lee as one of her feet slipped off the beam on the last skill of a triple acrobatic series and she crashed hard onto the mat.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024
Bad luck made even worse by the timing.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Bad luck in small doses can cast a glittering light on the rest of life.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
“Fired! Bad luck, that. It’s not easy to find work these days.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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