luck

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Recent Examples of luck Sure enough, his luck didn't stop there. Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Discovering the ship was pure luck, Borrelli said, as the remains of the vessel broke away from the Cape Fear River mud within two weeks of the start of the summer field school. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025 With her luck, Tori Spelling would get teased in the script of Scream. Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Buy a raffle ticket to try your luck, find a new treasure at the silent auction and more. Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for luck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luck
Noun
  • There's nothing in a bar that won't bring you no good fortune.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • With over a year until then, there is still time for Newsom, Harris and other potential Democratic candidate's fortunes (and polling situation) to change.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As of Thursday, the NHC was monitoring a disturbance in the Atlantic with an 80 percent chance of cyclone formation over the next seven days.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Paul suggested the drug boat’s occupants should have been given a chance to be tried for their crimes.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the aforementioned circumstances at wide receiver don’t help that cause.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The agency's rule, narrowly approved by the commission along party lines in April 2024, would have invalidated nearly all existing noncompetes and banned new ones except in rare circumstances.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Initially dismissed as an accident, Charles, Oliver and Mabel dive headfirst into the investigation, uncovering a sprawling conspiracy that stretches beyond the building’s walls and entangles New York’s old mob families with its newest billionaires.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Damaged airbags also may fail to deploy in case of accidents.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luck. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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