fated

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

So “Mule Boy” burrows into the tight, intimate space of the dying men’s final moments, and into the troubled soul of the boy fated to carry their story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

On the night of the concert, everything leads up to the fated Mitch & Mickey performance.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Tribesmen were also wary of consulting them, because it would be impossible to be effective in battle if one knew that he was fated to die.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho