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fateful

[feyt-fuhl] / ˈfeɪt fəl /




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Their fateful interactions are told through crisp flashes of memory, skillfully rendered with spare elegance by the translator Hillel Halkin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Might the Iran deal, different in so many ways, nevertheless come to be seen as similarly fateful?

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

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

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

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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