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fateful

[feyt-fuhl] / ˈfeɪt fəl /




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The fateful way this guy kept coming back into my life was compelling, but it became so clear that he only valued one side of me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Argentine scientists analysed samples from most of the 33 infected people, which included 11 deaths, during the outbreak in Epuyen, and reconstructed how people crossed paths at that fateful birthday party.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

By the time that they met in the Delmonico Hotel on that fateful evening, Dylan exerted a powerful influence upon The Beatles’ songwriterly aesthetic.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

I squint at the heart, thinking about that fateful last day.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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