LUCK (OUT, ON, ONTO, OR INTO) Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

luck (out, on, onto, or into)

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Definition of luck (out, on, onto, or into)

as in to happen (on or upon)

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From his emergence in the mid-1950s until his passing in 2018, Taylor not only disassembled jazz and reconstructed it in his own style, but also found ways to make the world listen.

— Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
Police previously said investigators found no evidence of an actual plan to carry out violence at the school.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

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One of his teams encountered thousands of these devices in Iraq.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
While Florida doesn’t offer the mountaintop vistas and waterfalls found in other states, there are so many trails on land and water worth exploring, with myriad flora and fauna to encounter along the way.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

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