luck
Example Sentences
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An NBA player swears it brought him good luck after devouring it the night before a big game.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Paul Theroux’s final travelogue takes him to the land of an ancestor who arrived by ‘dumb luck and good timing.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Basically, how well they've performed in general before finishing, shot-stopping and plain old luck come into play.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
We even tried replacing our Ganesh statuette, whose trunk was facing left, with one whose trunk faced right to bring us better luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Regan and I were going to need all the luck we could get.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
