fait accompli
Example Sentences
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Yet the majority is trying to avoid a fait accompli.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
The last Bruins coach to survive that scenario was Ben Howland, who immediately entered the next season on the hot seat, his fate seemingly a fait accompli.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Following the sentencing, Mr Webber's mother said the CPS had, in November, presented her family with "a fait accompli that the decision had been made to accept manslaughter charges".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024
If we find in coming months or years that any of the 12 dead at the Downs tested hot, then we can mark the FTC's ruling as the moment of fait accompli.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2023
Sometimes it is necessary to present one’s colleagues with a policy that is already a fait accompli.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
