the way it/life goes

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—used to say that it is a fact that bad or disappointing things happen sometimes

We were disappointed when we lost, but that's the way it/life goes.

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That’s just the way life goes, that’s the baseball life. —

Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023

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