luck
Example Sentences
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But Chambliss’s eagerness to remain in Oxford, instead of trying his luck in the draft, was more than a question of eligibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Maybe I’ll have better luck at the farmers market.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Green Lantern, a secondary figure in the DC Comics pantheon, had the ill luck to be trapped in a 2011 Ryan Reynolds film even its director didn’t like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"We had been mining there for about two years," he said, "but we had no luck, so we closed the mine for a year. We had started another mine right next to it."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Regan and I were going to need all the luck we could get.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
