destiny
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The Chosen Ones Espenson cites are part of a destiny ordained either by their bloodline or some greater lineage.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Market size need not be destiny, if you can scout and sign and coach and develop players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The runway-turned-test track was overhauled in 2011—new layout, fresh asphalt, safety barriers—and now includes two clinically perfect, constant-radius 180-degree turns: the hairpins of destiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
This weighty destiny also explains why the Higashi villagers went out of their way to keep Yuru close.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
“It probably is. But what is destiny without a little trouble?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Plus, they were fellow petrostates, their destinies tied to the vast pools of oil beneath their sovereign lands.
From Barron's ● May 7, 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
Despite their very different upbringings and destinies, the pair bond through their desert adventures, like taking out Spice harvesters together.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024
The conversation centered around the Marine Corps, moving from one old friend to another, men and women they had been stationed with, whose destinies had crossed again and again.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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