destined
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As the legend goes, tourists in Milan who grind their heels on the bull's testicles and spin in place three times are guaranteed good fortune and are destined to return.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Essentially, the auto maker will repurpose battery capacity once destined for EVs into backup power packs for utilities and data centers.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“If you have to venture north or south, you are destined to hit inclines that are not for every able body.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
What’s more, the apples his trees bore were not destined for cobblers and pies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
But as the weeks rolled on, he experienced firsthand the cardinal principle of American politics in the 1790s: whoever went face-to-face against Washington was destined to lose.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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