in one's favor
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Sometimes, depending on where one stands, the scales of justice never even balance out, let alone tip in one’s favor.
From Washington Post
Swinging luck in one’s favor is paramount in the world’s gambling mecca, which is why the shrine offers a $375 joss stick as thick as a lamp post that takes two people to carry and looks like it needs a flamethrower to ignite.
From Los Angeles Times
What worked in one's favor one day might not the next day, or even the next hour or second.
From Literature
Slizzatrism isn’t a fad, it’s a mantra that Ethiopian-American rapper Ras Nebyu poetically describes as “the art of finessing good energy to work in one’s favor via pure intent, meditation and the acknowledgment of the ancestors.”
From Washington Post
The Musa philosophical foundation, which has made him so popular with coaches and an inspiration to teammates, doesn’t always work in one’s favor.
From Washington Times
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