bad luck

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She treats him compassionately, seeing him as a person with an unusually difficult background, and wants us to relate to him as though, given similar bad luck, we could easily be in his position.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

In the author’s words, “early childbearing, backbreaking labor, and bad luck were family traditions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tradition calls for spending the day outdoors to ward off bad luck.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“Bad years for the S&P 500 are due to very specific factors, not just bad luck or arbitrary changes in investor sentiment,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

“But perhaps that’s a bad idea. The old chap came to a gooey, gruesome end, after all. What do you think, Quinzy? Is it bad luck to name the child Edward?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood