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fate

[feyt] / feɪt /


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"I want this case to end so that my client knows her judicial fate," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Perhaps, in an ironic twist of fate, the truly original summertime creature feature went extinct before the onscreen dinosaurs could.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Scares fall by the wayside when it shifts into a more philosophical gear, vibrating with questions about how to live a meaningful life: Should these victims accept their fate or keep struggling?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The Lincoln’s fate has been the most heavily publicized, but it isn’t the only aircraft carrier to suffer these traumas.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

Ought she lie, and say some horrible fate had befallen her speech, thus rendering it unspeakable?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The remarkable finds have sparked hope that some families could finally discover the fates of their ancestors, more than 80 years on from the war.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

That's the no-man's land they're living in now, frantically looking at the respective fates of Senegal and Ecuador, Curacao and Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and others.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Arina Hooks, 45, an assistant vice president for a financial services company in Atlanta, viewed the reunion as a unique chance to help family members seize control of their economic fates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Aiello expects more of its kind will suffer similar fates if nothing is done.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Neither of them ever married, not least because of their close-up views of the matrimonial fates of their siblings.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Their fated romance is the final piece of the puzzle, the pièce de résistance that helps De Palma’s film rise above the other thrillers of its ilk.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

But he was fated to spend more than two-thirds of his career in opposition, and only briefly achieved cabinet rank.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Both parts are, admittedly, choice ones, but it’s an indication of the production’s deficiencies that these characters—and not the lovers fated to die before they grow to maturity—linger longest in memory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

If you lack investment discipline and don’t have a plan to handle your winners and losers, you are likely fated to lose more than you should—and to earn less than you could.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

Was she fated to become that other Taisin?

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

This was a wolf on the defensive, fating a pack which had turned upon his leadership.

From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck

Now was his hope a great bulk of will fating Its wish to being, now felt he he was blind In some point of his seen wish undefined.

From Antinous: A Poem by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa




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