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• But then a stroke of bad luck worked in Shapiro’s favor.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
• Some spots just seem to bring bad luck to their tenants.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2023
• In the past, this has normally been chalked up to good/bad luck.
  — Mat Issa, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Look out for black cats and bad luck this week, Friday the 13th is nearly here.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
• This is bad luck for the once-great Pro Bowl quarterback.
  — James Brizuela, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
• In some cultures, they were feared as omens of bad luck or even linked to witchcraft.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
• The aim is to rid your home of any bad luck that’s accumulated over the past year.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• While many think seeing the number 13 is a sign of bad luck, but not for Taylor Swift fans.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2024
• But a run of bad luck derailed those dreams, sending him to look for work overseas.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• In some Chinese cultures, wearing red socks is a way to ward off bad luck.
  — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
• For the Jayhawks, it’s been a bit of bad luck mixed with a defensive scheme that dares bad shooters to take shots.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
• What the frost, weeds and worms did not kill, bad luck seemed to cover, as when a plane crashed into their potato patch.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
• The incidents are just the latest in a year of bad luck for the Internet Archive.
  — Theara Coleman, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
• It was supposed to be my bad luck; Why bring my mother into it?
  — Hazlitt, 11 July 2023
• But why does your bad luck always plunk you in a long interval?
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
• Friday the 13th might be considered a bad luck day or a great day to binge-watch horror movies.
  — Gabe Hauari, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
• And anyone else who, by bad luck or circumstance or both, ends up a servant of the gray world.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
• Also, some of the crimes happen by impulse while others are the result of bad luck.
  — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
• Missteps and bad luck will leave FIFA millions short of its goal.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 13 July 2023
• But there are some outliers who get hit far too often to explain it through bad luck.
  — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• The cocktail’s first bit of bad luck hits it just after it’s invented.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 10 June 2023
• Student lore warns that touching Mrs. Kyle’s tree could lead to bad luck or broken bones.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• Louie blames his bad results on bad luck despite all the evidence to the contrary.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
• In Greece and some other places, it's considered bad luck to get married on leap day.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
• Friday the 13th is commonly known as the universal day of bad luck.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
• Even this lowest value, though, is far too large compared with the number inferred from the CMB to be chalked up to bad luck.
  — Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• It’s been said that walking under a ladder or seeing a black cat can bring bad luck.
  — Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
• Highest pick since Modano A combination of really good teams and bad luck in the lottery kept the Stars away from the top of the draft for a long time.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
• Shares of the stock are down nearly 30% so far this year after its seemingly nonstop streak of bad luck.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• She's just had a lot of bad luck in terms of making not the best match and then running into financial trouble.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 June 2024

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2025