Sentence examples for mix of luck from inspiring English sources

He described the attack on the fighter jet as a mix of luck and talent.

More recently, the state's economic boom has been a mix of luck and good planning.

THANKS to a mix of luck and good decisions, the economic apocalypse that loomed over central and eastern Europe seems to have been averted.

Toronto, which has not won a cup since 1967, is banking on a mix of luck and talent, fearlessness and fate, as the Islanders did eight years ago.

In their more honest moments, White House officials concede they got here the messiest way possible — with a mix of luck in the case of Syria, years of sanctions on Iran and then some unpredicted chess moves executed by three players Mr. Obama deeply distrusts: President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and Iran's erratic mullahs.

It is fun to find out how Ms. Omori became the first of her family to get a tattoo, and how she happened to be at Mr. Hardy's San Francisco parlor, before, through a mix of luck, timing and cultural resonance, his thick-lined drawings hit the malls of America.

The fate of families who hit their lifetime limits on aid, from whatever mix of bad luck or bad choices, has long loomed over the welfare overhaul.

Columbus burned out at the final hurdle last year, a mix of bad luck and a deficit in their own performance their undoing, Meram concedes.

The Thomson family still owns 55% of the company, and some think the generous price Mr Glocer secured from Thomson for Reuters made him all the more vulnerable.But he might have stayed longer were it not for a mix of bad luck and overconfidence.

The Belgium-based striker is very much Niger's dangerman but a mix of bad luck and a temperamental nature have seen his club career plummet in recent times.

Follow him on Thatthe: @charesultsis84.