destiny
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As for the Isle of Gigha, that is now in the safe hands of its residents – who crowdfunded £4m to purchase it in 2002 and take control of their own destiny.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
If demography were destiny, then the long-term prospects of these countries’ equities would be dismal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
What he cultivates instead is patience – the type of glacial cool it takes to seize a cosmic destiny.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Wang added that "China and Nepal are bound by mountains and rivers, sharing a common destiny".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Not before you cause a heap of trouble, though. And you have to find your destiny first.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
"Our destinies as nations have been interlinked. As Oscar Wilde said, 'We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language!'"
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Neither he nor his country, he believed, could fulfill their destinies on the world stage without a war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
"I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way," she wrote on Instagram at the time.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
“Fat Ham” practices what it preaches by lavishing laughter and delight as it encourages us to take our destinies caressingly in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
The peasants of Europe worked essentially as low-paid slaves of an aristocratic landlord, with little control over their own destinies.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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