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misfortune

[mis-fawr-chuhn] / mɪsˈfɔr tʃən /


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Arsenal's luck deserted them when Eberechi Eze's second-half shot hit the inside of a post and somehow stayed out, Gabriel suffering similar misfortune later with a header.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

It was a moment of misfortune, the sort that is often the fate of a team, and indeed a club, in crisis.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Normally, others misfortune isn’t something I pile on, but oh, did that woman earn some scorn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

By all accounts, Andre was a model British officer with impeccable manners, who had the misfortune to be caught doing his duty.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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