bad break
Example Sentences
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The bond market has caught one bad break after another over the past several years, and it finally pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to a 19-year high above 5% this past week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
I did a good job of battling back today and not letting a bad break like that, which cost me a couple shots, get to me.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Each week seemed to bring a new bad break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
It was a bad break for the driver who started the day eighth in points and was looking to make up ground with four races to go before the playoffs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
The week before the bald-headed teacher of the literature class had occasioned a bad break in the routine of the course by inconsiderately dying of pneumonia in the middle of the term.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
