bad luck
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Lando Norris' bad luck with the virtual safety car at the Spanish Grand Prix has certainly focused attention on the ways this can disrupt races.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
And the week the table tennis tournament came to town - which by a stroke of bad luck was the one in which the jury finally retired - turned the accommodation drought into a famine.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s abduction is a tragic tale of bad luck and bad calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Bad calls, bad luck and bad blood between county and federal leaders complicated the search for Savannah Guthrie’s kidnapped mother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It is bad luck to let one of these small whirlwinds strike you.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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