lucky
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"I knew Homer was from these lands, but I didn't know he was specifically from Izmir. We are incredibly lucky," said teacher Safak Tosun outside one of the city's cinemas where the film is showing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Since then, both the government and private sectors are providing jobs. So, today’s youth generation should consider themselves lucky in that sense.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Oh, that’s lucky, baby! I’m so glad they had it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Your friend may — or may not — get lucky with preventing Medicaid’s estate-recovery program.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Firsthand accounts of history were the bread and butter of the Glitching world, and I was lucky this one wasn’t in someone’s scrawling handwriting or in a crusty old journal that smelled like mouse poop.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Even the beloveds, wonderfuls, luckies and so on were all Dones, and the awfuls were Not-Dooes.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Kang survived, which made him luckier than others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Shahdeh Zaarb, 45, is luckier than his fellow Gazans, for he holds West Bank residency, having worked there regularly for the past 20 years.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
As McDermott said, “You control how hard you work, and the harder you work, the luckier you’re going to get.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
Still, as a state employee and a patron of one of Syria’s six state-owned banks, Elias was luckier than many others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
If she’d just been a little luckier, Madoc would have never realized she was still alive.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
"I am without a doubt, officially, the world's luckiest man," he told the paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
And the deli guy every Saturday morning would hand me a free slice of American cheese and I was like the luckiest kid in the world.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
Only the luckiest, or best connected, among the accredited investors are invited to participate directly in the funding rounds where companies offer private shares to raise money—like the one OpenAI did earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
As the Mega Millions drawing approaches, will lightning strike again at any of the state’s luckiest stores?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Most days she felt like the luckiest person in the world, in love with her husband and blessed with three daughters she adored.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
