out of luck
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BANGKOK—Locked in an office at a police station in Yangon, the economic capital of war-torn Myanmar, Adam Castillo realized he wasn’t entirely out of luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Katy Nastro, aviation and travel correspondent for the flight-tracker app Flighty, said even people who typically book budget airlines might be out of luck ahead of the holiday season.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But any regulars hoping to get a cut from the man himself at his shop in Chessington, Surrey, might be out of luck for the next six weeks as he attends his fourth World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Team B, though, it’s out of luck the next year, no matter what goes wrong.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
If the business died, we’d really be out of luck.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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