destine
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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
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
Let me not be compelled to expiate it so terribly, because I willfully cherished an affection for a man whom thou didst not destine for me.
From A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern
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
Planes arrive from here and there; holiday makers, the injured and dead, today's interchangeable destines.
From Deadly Pollen by Stephen Oliver
The holy act is however interrupted by the Emperor's niece, Princess Eudora, who comes to purchase a golden chain, which once belonged to the Emperor Constantin, and which she destines for her bride-groom, Prince Leopold.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
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
An ambitious man has a son whom he destines to a learned profession.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
Even with “Digger,” Cruise’s most ambitious project in years, he confines himself to a loud, obnoxious character destined to be written about as a “big swing.”
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Carry-on luggage destined for the aircraft cabin is also X-rayed, and pilots pass through metal detectors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The cycle, it seems, was destined to continue indefinitely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It marks another dramatic twist in a saga that, only weeks ago, appeared destined for New York.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Their destined home was on the west coast, somewhat to the north, but they must by no means take the shortest way and go up between Sicily and Italy.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
