raw deal
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From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
By anyone’s standards, Lohan took the raw deal she was given as a child star whose popularity exploded in the brutal celebrity culture of the early aughts and transformed it into an impressive second act.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024
The Beavers and Cougars have gotten a raw deal as the Pac-12 fell apart, leaving them looking at a future outside the Power Five while the other 10 schools scrambled to new conferences.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Theater is both an art form and a marketplace, and Broadway ticket-buyers have long been getting a raw deal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
They've had a raw deal since the world began.
From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest
