bad luck
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Is it simply down to a long run of bad luck or is he and/or his team making mistakes?
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
She treats him compassionately, seeing him as a person with an unusually difficult background, and wants us to relate to him as though, given similar bad luck, we could easily be in his position.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The superstition goes that the leader must burn off bad luck, leaving only good fortune for the mission.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Tradition calls for spending the day outdoors to ward off bad luck.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
“I mean tricks like...giving somebody bad luck or something like that. Or make someone scared of you.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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