snakebit

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And if he had suffered these knee injuries in consecutive seasons on their watch, he would be viewed as a Sam Bowie in the making for a mostly hapless, snakebit, flyover franchise.

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  • His life before prison, before he grew numb as a missing arm or a snakebit leg. —  The Twelfth Card
  • As much as this is a personal tragedy for the governor, his wife and their four sons, the national Republican Party has to wonder if it's snakebit. —  NBC Chicago - News Top Stories
  • But this end is even more evidence that SGI is a company snakebit by bad timing. —  BusinessWeek.com --
  • Forbes. com reports that the snakebit Detroit Lions franchise is losing money. —  Energy Bulletin -
  • I understand that pitchers put up great games and get snakebit on occasion, but this accounted for almost 1 of every 3 starts, 82 of 279 to be exact or 29\%. —  Baseball Analysts
 

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