luck in

Example Sentences

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New York has had terrible luck in major professional sports in recent decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I haven’t had any luck in finding the grown-up surfer girl version of Roxy board shorts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

There’s luck in the short run, and a good decision can produce a bad outcome, while a bad decision produces a good one.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Attenborough has often reflected on his "luck" in being able to "find and film rare creatures that few outsiders have seen in the wild".

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas