fateful
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Rats are winning in New York, thanks to this fateful 1971 decision.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
When they reached the Humboldt Sink in Nevada, Cornwall in a fateful decision decided to split with the party.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
He looked closely - it was of the little boy's great-grandfather, Stephen Andrew, who had pulled Gareth to safety on that fateful day.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Dubbed Don Colossus, the statue depicts the president on that fateful afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania, moments after surviving what would turn out to be the first of many attempts on his life.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
Was it not a comedy, a strange and stupid thing, this repetition, this course of events in a fateful circle?
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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