destine
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A checkup in the womb Is the unborn baby healthy, or does a defect destine it to an early death or a life of debilitating illness?
From Time Magazine Archive
Blake Hamilton and crew have done an outstanding job building and maintaining what is destine become a Lone Star icon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Congress have seen such a necessity of an able commander in Canada, as to destine you for that most arduous service .
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Mussolini was believed to favor the Council, there was a rustle of Fascist surprise last week when he seemed to destine the Assembly to succeed the Chamber of Deputies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Assist them in this Thy world and Thy kingdom and destine for them every good through Thy bounty and grace.
From Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Báb
A score that destines young doctors-to-be to a life of ennui in a job they do not enjoy, because they could not match into the competitive specialty of their dreams.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 12, 2020
I believe he has a daughter, and destines this money to be her dowry.'
From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever
In it the mutual love of Partenio and Amaranta is thwarted by the girl's mother Celia, who destines her for a goatherd.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
Thou knowest well that thy divine father destines thee to wed the Prince of Kush whom but now thou didst smite so fiercely.'
From The World's Desire by Henry Rider Haggard
The like may be fancied upon all changes of government; when providence destines the ends, it orders the means.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
In June, more than 400 cats destined for slaughter were rescued after authorities dismantled another alleged feline theft ring, the animal welfare group said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Maxime Fallet, who works at a Doubs riverboat excursion company, fears the lake is "destined to disappear", for lack of a plan to save it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Kpler expects those barrels, most of which are destined for China, to be depleted by early to mid-October at the current pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
All were stolen and they were destined to be shipped to Hong Kong.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Yes, you, Alexis Nichole Blake. This moment has been destined since before your birth.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
They awoke Henry III's dynastic ambition by promoting the elevation of his brother to be King of the Romans, and destining his younger son Edmund for the crown of Naples and Sicily.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
