raw deal
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From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
But one cabinet minister admits, "it is true young people get a raw deal – and youth unemployment is the number one issue, not just for that generation but for their parents and grandparents".
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
By anyone’s standards, Lohan took the raw deal she was given as a child star whose popularity exploded in the brutal celebrity culture of the early aughts and transformed it into an impressive second act.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024
Logie, who left Division II Point Loma to become Montana State’s head man last season, inherited a raw deal with the Bobcats.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024
“You saw a raw deal, and stood for it, when you saw the Lorrigans cold-shouldered out of the dance,” Belle flashed at him.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
