fated

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Von Mierers, intimately engaged with both the Manhattan club scene and Wall Street, was fated to run across Mr. Richards.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Strout seems to be asking similar questions: How much of our existence is fixed or fated?

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 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

It’s not that NewsNation was fated to go this way.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

The sea nymph knew that if he went to Troy he was fated to die there.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton