misfortune
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To have one air traffic control failure in a fortnight may be regarded as a misfortune, to have two looks like carelessness.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"He was a star... He had chosen the spotlight," Ditum argued, acknowledging that his story had the "misfortune" to break in the middle of a summer news vacuum.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
At the time of her misfortune, I was book editor of the Los Angeles Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was Chase’s misfortune to have worked in short subjects at a time when they were going out of fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Their madness will bring misfortune upon us all!”
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Back pain, difficult childbirth, dental crowding and sinus infections are not random misfortunes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Germany’s misfortunes are also partly homemade, economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Russell, 28, cut a forlorn figure afterwards as he contemplated the series of misfortunes that have derailed his season.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025
“But misfortunes are commonplace, Taylor, and relative. Look at the misfortune Nick Yew has endured this year. Or Ross Wilcox. How is destroying your classmate's property going to help your father?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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