Then we were spotted, by sheer ill luck.
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He advised against praying for ill luck on the opposition.
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He was on surer ground when he lamented yet more ill luck.
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Pure statistics, then; a simple case of chance and ill luck?
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Frequently, this had not been their fault but that of ill luck and mishandling by their superiors.
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