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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a unlucky" is not correct in written English.
The correct form is "an unlucky" because "unlucky" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "It was an unlucky day for the team when they lost the championship game."
Alternatives: "a misfortunate" or "an unfortunate."
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But James was compelled to grow up long ago, way back in his late teens to become the savior of a unlucky franchise, a torchbearer for several multinational corporations, and the public face of an entire sport.
Bell and Ambrose put on 87 in 25 overs for the sixth wicket, before the latter fell to a unlucky dismissal.
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He took with him a candle, a rat and an unlucky sparrow, which was very distressed by the ascent and vomited near the summit.
It was a chance encounter, a random swipe, an unlucky dip.
Or was it just an honest, once-in-a-thousand-lifetimes goof by an unlucky stagehand?
It was an unlucky action, a difficult action in this moment.
For a single-celled species this may not be a significant problem because an unlucky cell simply dies, while other colonial cells continue uninterrupted.
It was a lucky run in an unlucky year.
Zohar Lazar envisions Rudy Giuliani as a "Surprise Guest" to an unlucky family's Thanksgiving dinner.
A dead Muslim is an unlucky mutt in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Ukraine is not a wild animal or an unlucky hiker.
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