(1) A good chunk of the Trump base consists of people who consider themselves to be losers from four decades of political and economic orthodoxy.
(2) Instead he stood there as the only prime minister in the room – and the one great loser was the man who wasn’t there.
(3) These differences in hormonal responses to the fight are attributed to the more aggressive behavior displayed by the victorious opponents (winners) over their defeated competitors (losers).
(4) The victims of violence in 2007-08 are the losers."
(5) Our economic system has always required winners and losers.
(6) While the loser of an election is sometimes viewed as the leader of the out-of-power party, Clinton, at 69, is not positioned to make a third run for the White House and no longer sits atop a money-filled political organization.
(7) Longitudinal analyses including (a) comparisons of risk factor changes in subjects grouped as fitness "losers", "stable", "small gain", and "large gain", and (b) multiple regression analyses of relationships between fitness change and risk factor changes showed that fitness change was largely unrelated to risk factor changes.
(8) While this one will not go down as a comparable game-changer, it will at least change the growing perception of Romney as a loser, even if only temporarily.
(9) Toronto Cheapest for salmon Pricey for almost everything else Canada's biggest city came out the surprise loser in our survey, with our basket of goods costing 40% more in Toronto than in Berlin.
(10) The big symbolic loser is the Times, down 14.2% year on year: it has dropped back below 500,000, and is heading for the sort of sale it used to command before its long, expensive price war with the Telegraph.
(11) The biggest loser could be the state-owned oil company Rosneft, which bought Yukos assets in auctions when the latter's stock was almost worthless.
(12) Data indicated that the winners more nearly approximated their predicted weight than did the losers.
(13) Early on Sunday morning, Malcolm Turnbull looked out to the Australian electorate and expressed his own profound alienation from the lived experiences of the losers of globalisation – the people who had flocked to Nick Xenophon and Pauline Hanson and to Labor on the basis that the ALP had climbed down partially from the neoliberal pedestal constructed by Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
(14) Many commentators considered the suggestion merely foolish, but computer hackers issued death threats against her and her children, which she promptly posted on Twitter, along with the defiant message: "Get stuffed, losers.
(15) Only last month the Financial Conduct Authority issued a report in which it said millions of older people were getting a poor deal from Britain's multibillion-pound annuity market, with the biggest losers those with the least money put aside for their retirement.
(16) We will take care of each individual customer who is affected.” VW scandal: the winners and losers, from carmakers to car owners Read more VW said overall sales were down 1.5% in Europe in October, but rose 6.8% in North America and were up 1.6% in China.
(17) One of the biggest losers are the estimated 12-20 million illegal immigrants living in the US, most of whom play an integral role in the economy, doing menial jobs that citizens do not want.
(18) The balance studies included not only urine and fecal loss but also skin, menstrual and hair losers.
(19) The most recent polling shows that backing the full replacement of Trident is not necessarily a vote winner, nor is opposing it necessarily a vote loser.
(20) The greatest loser is France, outcompeted by Germany within the eurozone, with poor growth prospects, large deficits, and its welfare system under strain.
Luck
Definition:
(n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.
Example Sentences:
(1) As luck would have it, the outgoing Bartlet and his successor, Matt Santos, are currently dealing with a foreign crisis, too.
(2) We can inhabit only one version of being human – the only version that survives today – but what is fascinating is that palaeoanthropology shows us those other paths to becoming human, their successes and their eventual demise, whether through failure or just sheer bad luck.
(3) Obama will meet with Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow as well, but US envoy George Mitchell has had no luck in recent weeks trying to persuade Netanyahu to compromise on the settlements.
(4) Song appeared to give Bolt a good luck charm to wear around his wrist.
(5) I thought we rode our luck in the first 20 minutes here.
(6) Good luck, rather than good genes, may be the key reason why some people are protected from certain cancers while others develop the disease, according to a new study.
(7) I wish he and Rosemary all the luck in the world...They should know there is much to enjoy in life even if you have been forced out because of circumstances.
(8) He said his longevity in the face of multiple drug abuse over decades was just luck, and advised others not to follow his lead.
(9) His previous strokes of luck include being appointed chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the highest-paid quango boss in the UK, and being knighted for "services to regeneration" despite not being a Time Lord.
(10) Seth Smith makes the final out of the A's season, which is a good luck charm for the Boston Red Sox, as Smith made the final out for the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series that Boston won.
(11) Thom Majka, a sales rep who keeps his Indians cap on through every game for good luck, said: “These fans couldn’t care less about the election.
(12) Hugh Pennington, a microbiology expert, said on Saturday that luck will play a role in Cafferkey’s survival chances because experts still do not know enough about the virus.
(13) A ccents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry – but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.
(14) So a striker needs also a bit of luck and then the confidence is higher but he’s self-confident so I expect he shall score and maybe against Chelsea .” So far Van Persie has remained injury free, which is a fillip after previously admitting to managing persistent issues for years.
(15) If the Spaniard’s bad luck in hitting a post was expected, the sight of Stambouli, a lumbering figure in the first 45 minutes, confidently sweeping home the rebound certainly prompted a double take.
(16) So tough luck for my friend Jennifer, who wanted to take an HND in plastering and brickwork.
(17) Good luck telling your manager you fancy a day off.
(18) Photograph: Alamy You’ll hear the traditional dance music pulsing out everywhere from dark bars, and seeing it involves decisions or luck.
(19) You'll find this helpful: How to get into media Best of luck!
(20) If that was a stroke of luck Everton were even luckier in the second half, when Joe Allen made his contribution to derby folklore with what may well be the miss of the season.