The worst case scenario is when you are unlucky enough to have someone you love or your family murdered. |
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Matt Bianco was also unlucky when he faced Scottish champion Ian Mathison in a return bout. |
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Howarth was unlucky to see his attempted clearance cannon back off the winger. |
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Now I come to think of it, Hampden Park has been rather an unlucky ground for me. |
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He was in the tent with the unlucky ones and it was only after 40 minutes or so that he put them out of their misery. |
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It might be unlucky for some, but the Reebok hit man is aiming to hit 13 this season. |
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Sersea was unlucky at the start of the final period when the puck rung against the pipes and shot back into play. |
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Brady was unlucky to lose his first fight, but won the next two before losing in the semi final to take bronze. |
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It was a bold gesture because they have both preciously been unlucky in love. |
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There was a much improved performance and we were unlucky not to get at least a draw. |
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One man I thought was unlucky not to make any of the trips was Kent's David Fulton. |
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Steeton reserves were unlucky to go down to a one goal defeat at league leaders Bay Athletic. |
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Pool gave a debut to ex-Yew Tree striker Ben Kelly but he was unable to prevent an unlucky defeat. |
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They will probably feel a bit unlucky they did not defeat Warrington last weekend. |
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If your middle name is unlucky, you may never get that far before the next season's floods arrive. |
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McFadden's character is unlucky in love and a nasty piece of work because of it. |
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One was to tell me how unlucky I was not to have been selected and the other was to invite me to attend for interview. |
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The visitors were unlucky to see Alan Inns have a shot cleared off the line and Currie head against a post. |
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Winter's complexion was light, creamy, and completely unmarred by the terrible barrage of acne that most unlucky teenagers had to deal with. |
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New signing Eamon Devins equalised mid way through the second half and was unlucky not to score with a header near the end of the match. |
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Keeping the momentum going Thomas was again unlucky as his drop goal attempt rebounded off the post. |
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Joyti and Jeffrey are presented as one-offs, bad apples of which Goldman Sachs and the BBC were the unlucky victims. |
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His two goals were excellently taken and he was most unlucky not to score a hat-trick. |
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For the last two weeks Dunnington have been unlucky to go down by the odd goal, but at home to Haxby everything went right for them. |
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Although Jairzinho got their winner, we matched them for most of the game and I thought we were unlucky to lose. |
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While the country expects, our pallid hero will buckle under the weight, following in the footsteps of a long line of unlucky losers. |
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I was unlucky enough to get stuck between a non-communicative girl and a man who was, to put it nicely, flowing over the shared armrest. |
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Through all of the above, not once has Tiger moaned or groaned about how unlucky he was or, conversely, how lucky his opponent was. |
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He's climbing the ladder straight to the top, and God help anyone unlucky enough to be in his way. |
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If you're unlucky enough with the roll of the die, the game can be over even faster. |
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We had the knuckleheads, troublemakers, drinkers, the terminally unlucky and the hopeless dreamers. |
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An infinitesimally small step for mankind, maybe, but one ginormous step for this unlucky man. |
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These girls were unlucky to lose out to reigning All-Ireland champions Rathcoole in the Leinster final of the Community Games in the summer. |
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This literature not only pretends to know the odds, it claims to know the cash value of one's unlucky number coming up. |
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There were eight houses or forms that divided up the pupils at Bishop Luffa and Sherbourne had now become the odd one out, the unlucky one. |
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They played extremely well and were unlucky to be beaten by a single point. |
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It doth also portend in some genitures sudden preferment, but an unlucky end thereof. |
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Brazil, meanwhile, looked poor on the whole but created five great chances and are unlucky not to be in the lead. |
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Of the rest, Belgium was unlucky, despite giving a plucky performance in every game. |
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Noel was very unlucky not to catch the larger pike as he had played the fish well. |
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If it had not been for this unlucky hurt on my foot, I would have played the devil with them myself. |
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McTeirnan was desperately unlucky with the conversion with the ball fading to the right and wide from a difficult angle. |
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Scientists hope that these unlucky fish will help them develop drug treatments and gene therapy for leukaemia. |
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Friends, wives, lovers, parents, daughters of the unlucky ones must also grapple with the consequences. |
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After being made redundant, she slept rough for a few nights in a derelict building and was unlucky enough to be caught in a heavy frost. |
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If I chose that way and was extremely unlucky, it might crash down at that precise moment, killing me inconveniently. |
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Then you will be able to tell all those unlucky Frenchmen what they missed. |
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Despite the unlucky outcome of this dive, he is and remains the greatest freediver of all time. |
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Ireland qualified two teams for the quarter-finals, were unlucky when Ulster were pipped at the post for a third. |
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They drew level midway through the half and were unlucky to see their shot at goal come off the crossbar. |
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If nothing unlucky happens to you today, cross your fingers and touch wood because it's only six months until the next Friday the 13th. |
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According to today's Daily Telegraph, it used to be considered very unlucky for Good Friday to fall on March 25, Lady Day. |
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Perhaps I'm just unlucky in encountering those with attitude, or perhaps I just complain too much. |
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But some unlucky arrivals are making do with a mattress on the floor of a large room in a hall of residence. |
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After an unlucky run at Beverley he was placed in good heats at Doncaster and Ascot before being sidelined with a chipped bone in his fetlock. |
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A homeless man was doubly unlucky when he was hit by a female drunk driver because she turned out to be a really nasty piece of work. |
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Or, if I was very unlucky and lived in a remote Scottish hamlet, a lay preacher would have been brought around to my house to exorcise me. |
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To-date motorists unlucky enough to have come a cropper on the spillages have, at least, survived the experience. |
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Another of South Africa's up-and-coming African players was dealt a rather unlucky blow this week. |
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Selby were unlucky not to go further in front when Jason Harris thundered a 20-yard shot against the underside of the crossbar. |
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But fresh bean curd, or tofu, is not included as it is white and unlucky for New Year, as the color signifies death and misfortune. |
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The truth is, unless you are criminally inclined or grossly unlucky, you have far more to fear from other farangs than from the natives. |
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In an unlucky coincidence today it outlined a rescue issue of convertible bonds and warrants. |
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He sighed, then sneezed as an unlucky poke of the stick in the fire sent a cloud of smoke into his face. |
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It is funny how quickly everyone in society reaches out to point an accusatory finger at those unlucky enough to be in the spotlight. |
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And, if he is particularly unlucky, he will end up with both the physical pain and the mental torture. |
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The good news, therefore, is that naturally unlucky people don't have to accept their apparently ill-omened fates. |
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Feuding fish face a fight to the death with the unlucky loser sinking into oblivion. |
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I'd recently been criticised this blog simply hadn't been unlucky enough of late. |
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While most people have a middling amount of good and bad luck, some people are lucky or unlucky for extended periods. |
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Or if you're middlingly unlucky, you get a roaring infection and die painfully. |
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Villa were unlucky after only five minutes when Brian Kenny shot just shaved the post. |
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He was unlucky not to receive an Oscar nomination for his touching and subtle performance, which betters any of his previous work. |
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Posting one of the fastest times, she was unlucky to nudge a pole at the penultimate fence to finish eighth overall. |
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And that's lucky for all of us, and unlucky for people who are biased against us. |
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A belted kingfisher undulated past, some unlucky minnow in its stiletto-like bill. |
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She is just right as the sweet flower shop owner who has been unlucky in love too many times. |
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The balance of the first half saw the Suns camped firmly in their defensive half with the Lions unlucky not to break the deadlock by half time. |
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The unlucky ones were herded aboard two small freighters, where they were shut away in total darkness in the cargo holds. |
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For the pain of failing to catch some shut-eye at night is known only to those unlucky ones who experience sleep disorders. |
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He ended up in jail because he was peculiarly stubborn, and quite possibly also stupid, but mostly because he was unlucky. |
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The players battled away and believed in their own ability and I thought we were just a wee bit unlucky not to win the game. |
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This horse was unlucky not to win a bumper but he loves this fast ground and he has always been a good jumper. |
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The fleet-footed youngster, who has been unlucky with injuries this season, certainly impressed Barrow with his efforts in the week. |
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I was unlucky enough to have my car broken into twice and badly damaged over the same weekend. |
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One unlucky 7-year-old a few streets away gets burnt by a spent bullet, is patched up by a US first aid post and sent home. |
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It was said that to take a coal from the fire in the house in which a churn was being made was very unlucky for the maker of the butter. |
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City more than matched the league leaders for an hour and could count themselves unlucky not to be in front. |
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The sad fact is that for the second time in succession Rangers were fiercely unlucky not to progress. |
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Even the unlucky fisher who caught the most blowfish was rewarded at a family fishing event on the weekend. |
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The unlucky bobble saw the ball hit Merris on the arm as he swung to clear and referee Phil Prosser pointed to the spot. |
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They say one in every five bombs, bomblets, and artillery shells doesn't go off, and lies in wait, sometimes years, for the unwary or unlucky. |
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They were unlucky, but that doesn't excuse the ungracious manner of their exit. |
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The floor, tables, and several unlucky humans were covered in slimy green webbing. |
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The same player was unlucky with a header from a corner which clipped the crossbar. |
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The Big Brother housemates have chosen two unlucky plebs who face eviction on Friday. |
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Bent upon repairing her first unlucky speech by the most obsequious civility and unoffendable good-humour, she began with a benignant smile, though her blood was running cold all the while. |
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The great thing about backgammon is that if you win, you're a killer, but if you lose, you're just unlucky. |
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The Warriors were unlucky with the long ball during games, as more than one deep drive by the Warriors was snagged by Brock fielders on the warning track. |
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Athy were unlucky not to add another try on the stroke of full time. |
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And in 2006, the USA was the unlucky fourth member of the Italy, Czech Republic, and Ghana Group of Death. |
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The danse macabre of so many unlucky countries is a billion-dollar business, part of the Massachusetts economic miracle. |
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They were unlucky to go into half-time without levelling the score. |
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If you are one of those unlucky allottees who gets a site next to the scenic Jakkur lake behind the Jakkur aerodrome, prepare to pay through your nose. |
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If you're ready to live like a hermit for a while, you'll probably not be unlucky enough to catch the dread disease before it becomes widely known. |
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Pocklington were unlucky not to extend their lead when their forwards produced a high-speed, 60-yard rolling maul which the home pack collapsed in sight of the try line. |
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As unlucky as Gama was to have been hit, he was incredibly lucky that neither bullet had pierced his skull into his brain. |
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Repeatedly denied a clear run, he finished fifth, a really unlucky loser. |
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Two outings ago he was denied a clear run and looked an unlucky loser. |
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Of course, sometimes we may not even want to hear about the happy, lovey-dovey couples because we're feeling romantically unlucky or lovelorn ourselves. |
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Maybe I just got unlucky, but it could point to a grander issue in the production line. |
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From whales to ships to unlucky explorers, the Skeleton Coast has become the graveyard of many. |
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Boss is an expert in this gray area, where an unlucky few must spend their lives. |
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Minefields flank the road edge, marked by red-painted rocks, and any driver unlucky enough to misjudge one of the treacherous bends will find themself in the middle of one. |
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Neither side had won a game this season, but fortune smiled on SCU Yellow, who now climb off the bottom of the ladder and move clear of the unlucky Eagles. |
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By this unlucky accident, he that had seen so much of the world for such a length of time was reduced to the most indigent state, and at length forced to beg his bread. |
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In that regard, the visitors were clearly superior and were a shade unlucky not to have hauled themselves back into contention after falling in arrears. |
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The twit, Guy Clinch, is the unlucky father of Marmaduke, an 18-month-old prodigy of domestic mayhem. |
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And at the same time, I think I am unlucky when I look at how it all ended. |
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His own fault he hides, as a cheat hides an unlucky cast of the die. |
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Edith is an unlucky person, and when good things happen they so often seem to unravel. |
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They were unlucky not to take lead after 10 minutes when Gavin Peavoy touched down but the referee being unsighted disallowed what appeared to be a good score. |
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He had been brought onto the Cambridge boat at the last minute, after an unlucky collision with a harbour master launch on Friday forced the Cambridge bowman to withdraw. |
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He would have been shrugged off as just another unlucky cancer victim had not his widow been determined to find out what the tiny spear-like fibres in his lungs were. |
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If I am really unlucky then I end up with a great big splodgy cold-sore! |
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When that attachment is opened, the trojan is unleashed, giving the adversary control of the unlucky computer, raff said. |
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The only place where that incipient panic is not usual is the front line, because there the enemy is within hail and is known to be another unlucky fool. |
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And I thought for a minute that the initials of my name were just unlucky. |
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The impetus was maintained by Mirza who struck a confident run-a-ball 40, while Walker was unlucky to chop the ball onto his stumps for 27 and so end his knock. |
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One of the translations Andrew suggests is a chronically unlucky person, or perhaps walking disaster, chronic loser or even just loser if pressed for time. |
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The folk culture of the North British backcountry, translated to the Appalachian highlands of America, held that it was unlucky to wash a milk churn. |
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Confederate snipers took advantage of their positions atop Willis Hill to pick off the unlucky Federal troops concentrating at the edge of Fredericksburg. |
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Laws changed with bewildering frequency, creating temporary advantages for people quick enough to spot them and draining wealth from the slow or unlucky. |
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Shipwrecks are a constant in this tale, being the main means of precipitating Pericles into his various adventures, like an especially unlucky Odysseus. |
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Dowley was unlucky to see her own hat-trick opportunity disallowed after a thunderous short corner strike was judged to have illegally deflected off a defender. |
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Six minutes after his arrival Cole got possession and fired a shot that took a deflection off the unlucky City defender Martin Taylor on its way to goal. |
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He was also exceedingly unlucky not to pick up the leader's yellow jersey on the prologue, only missing out when his chain slipped in the latter stages. |
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They were desperately unlucky in 1965, losing the league title on goal average to Manchester United and being beaten in the FA Cup final in extra time by Liverpool. |
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I don't know why you believe that nonsense about certain numbers being unlucky. |
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Sailors did, however, consider it unlucky to touch a storm petrel, especially one that has landed on the ship. |
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Although prized as an ornamental flower, some people consider narcissi unlucky, because they hang their heads implying misfortune. |
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The horse has been a bit unlucky with a suspensory ligament injury and a splint. |
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Firth opined that Lilburne had gained a great reputation for courage and seems to have been a good officer, but his military career was unlucky. |
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Children unlucky enough to have any medical problems, even minor ones, were likely to be labelled as unadoptable and not placed. |
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It's certainly not the way we'd have liked it to end for Doof, who's been so unlucky with injuries in the three years he's been here. |
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Merthyr unlucky not to make Trophy progress and now have to do it all again in Slough replay slough town. |
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I got very unlucky on the 18th in regulation, where it got a pretty big bounce for a sand wedge. |
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Several commanders on both sides were either incompetent or unlucky and few fought aggressively. |
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A hungry leopard leaps up from behind a rock and plucks an unlucky sandgrouse out of the air before wolfing it down in one. |
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The usual saddos were quick to condemn Spencer on the forums, but the reality is he did nothing wrong on a tricky ride who was just unlucky. |
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One unlucky day-tripper misplaced their bag of goodies and now a good Samaritan is trying to reunite them with their owner. |
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Like mad-dog in the hottest day Byron runs snapping strait away, And those unlucky fellows judge ill Who go without a whip or cudgel. |
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Liberty Cap was five lengths clear of the third himself and would be most unlucky to bump into something similar to Piso Sour in this. |
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She was a little unlucky to get into a bit of argy-bargy at Goodwood, but on her best form this year she has as good a chance as any. |
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And look no further than some of the globe's most treacherous bunkers ready to snare awayward hit and at times an unlucky bounce. |
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He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control. |
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Pleasant prospect for us, who are sure to be amongst the unlucky stay behinds! |
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At that unlucky moment, his call was being randomly screened. |
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Harrogate were cruising at that stage and were unlucky not to go 3-0 up when Chib Chilaka struck a post with a shot from a corner. |
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No consensus exists on whether the characters are truly fated to die together or whether the events take place by a series of unlucky chances. |
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The unlucky protagonist of this episode was Sampiero di Bastelica, who would later come to be considered a hero of the island. |
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Here it was that the Gauls gave the Romans such a fatal Overthrow, that Dies Alliensis went proverbially afterwards for Dies infaustus, an unlucky or black Day. |
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The four-year-old was an unlucky second to Hard Rock City in a conditions event at Gowran last month when his jockey's stirrup iron broke leaving the stalls. |
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Only when an unlucky star approaches too close and gets shredded by the black hole's powerful tidal forces does the galactic center emit a bright flare of light. |
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The rest of the series is also full of surprises, with unlucky cat burglars, odd siblings living in a refrigerated gothic mansion, and a bloodsoaked actor's dressing room. |
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It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. |
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The work was unlucky in being premiered at a concert that also featured the London premiere of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, by which it was somewhat overshadowed. |
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Walking under a ladder is just one of many symbols considered unlucky. |
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The number 4 when pronounced in Mandarin is a homophone for the word 'death', which is why it big events in the country rarely fall on dates that include the unlucky number. |
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In one of the losses, Derek Lowe was on the hill but was unlucky to be on the wrong side given he went six innings with no earned runs recorded by Oakland. |
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The winning margins were tight, with unlucky finalists Croaker, Leamington funk-soul outfit Souler Rhythm and Nuneaton guitar kings Plimsole all turning in fine performances. |
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A YOUNG boy became impaled on his BMX handlebar after an unlucky fall. |
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However, the Bangladesh captain was unlucky to be given out caught at ground level by Ross Taylor as television replays suggested the ball did not carry to the fieldsman. |
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The tour had kicked off the previous day when Morpeth had been unlucky to go down 21-19 in the opening match to a big and strong Gouda youth team. |
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The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home. |
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Richard Lee's seven-year-old was unlucky to run into Vibrato Valtat in a Grade2 at Warwick last month and should go one better back in handicap company. |
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England saved their best performance for last and could count themselves unlucky to concede in the final minute and stoppage-time to lose 2-1 in Viborg. |
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