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• “If they are going to match their achievement in Germany in 2006, that so called luckless streak is going to have to come to an end in Nelspruit.”

  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

• “ But of course it's like those emblems of "luckless" people — it shows the carin betweenbeing on the road and flipping over (and over and over).”

  Fictionaut: Sonoma Coast

• “  (Suddenly, I wonder if the word "luckless" was the outcome of a thesaurus search rather than a moment of inspiration.)  Moreover, if it's a matter of "hap" or "luck," why warn someone about what cannot be averted or foreseen?”

  Fictionaut: Sonoma Coast

• “ Some copy writer in the park service waxed poetic and referred to the people who are pulled out to sea never to be seen again as "luckless" (or "hapless," I can't remember now), as if the sleeper wave were a particularly horrific agent of fate, which I guess it is.”

  Fictionaut: Sonoma Coast

• “I can easily imagine the story of "luckless" Carol trying to keep poor "Lucky" on the right side of the dirt.”

  HH Com 468

• “The "luckless" farmer simply did not _perceive_ the indications of wealth under his plodding feet; or, if he saw signs of oil, he did not realize that they _denoted_ the possibility of millions.”

  Certain Success

• “While 19th century viewers of the original stereograph for Reaching for the Out of Reach #9 may have enjoyed the dramatic image of luckless passengers shipwrecked on the shores of Massachusetts, it's hard to imagine they would be similarly amused by the sad Victorian-looking characters stranded atop coffee bales and beneath umbrellas while the crippled ship looms like a set piece from some 3D Tim Burton film.”

  The Huffington Post: The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands

• “And the subject of the script leads to the luckless director who had to stage it, Kenneth Branagh.”

  The Wall Street Journal: 'Thor': A Vehicle of Low Norsepower

• “But neither is it so lightweight that you might be embarrassed to carry it onto a beach even here in New Jersey, the proud home of Boardwalk attractions such as the Shoot the Geek concession stand that lets you fire paintballs at a luckless teenager dressed like a terrorist.”

  2009 July 01 « One-Minute Book Reviews

• “And the press would pile on, painting a picture of a luckless, incapacitated campaign, powerless to avoid its approaching doom.”

  Simon & Schuster: O: A Presidential Novel

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