bad luck
idiom
—used in speech to show sympathy for someone who has failed or has been disappointed
"I didn't get the job." "Bad luck!"
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The teams still swimming in the deep end this season have the thing that can help a team mitigate fatigue and some injuries and bad luck through a modern postseason, which gets abruptly more physical and comes with games and travel pancaked in short order, usually just a day in between.
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Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
This crash is just the latest piece of bad luck — at 35 years old, this could have been his final big chance at a Grand Tour GC.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 May 2025
But through a combination of bad luck, struggling defense and missed saves, Bobrovsky had allowed 13 goals to the Maple Leafs through the first three games of the Panthers’ second-round playoff series.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
The stat is more evidence that Williams has suffered, at least somewhat, due to subpar fielding and bad luck.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
This crash is just the latest piece of bad luck — at 35 years old, this could have been his final big chance at a Grand Tour GC.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 May 2025
But through a combination of bad luck, struggling defense and missed saves, Bobrovsky had allowed 13 goals to the Maple Leafs through the first three games of the Panthers’ second-round playoff series.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
The stat is more evidence that Williams has suffered, at least somewhat, due to subpar fielding and bad luck.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Bad luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20luck. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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