bucking

Example Sentences

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“He has a hip strain, but we got good reports today, so we will take it one day at a time, we might be lucking out on that one.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

There’s speculation happening that there may be some consoles available to the public from Sony’s site starting at 5PM ET, too, but I’d consider your chances of lucking out to be low at best.

From The Verge • Nov. 9, 2021

Don’t count on lucking into these, because availability varies — but it’s worth a shot.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Perhaps he can pull off a win by going full Chance-the-Gardener and just lucking into the nomination by dint of simply being there.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2016

"They say that whin we luck at ourselves in the lucking lass, we see nothin' but Whigs," said the funny Father, and the audience sniggered.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John