fateful

Example Sentences

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He then made the fateful decision to encourage families in his district to message him if they wanted to invite him to their quinceañeras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Long before Cherny pressed send on that fateful message, Anthropic’s founders had chosen a counterintuitive strategy that would come to define the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

One fateful September afternoon, I received a message on Upwork.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Their fateful assignment was depicted in the 2018 movie A Private War, with the actor Jamie Dornan playing Conroy.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

It was a move that had fateful consequences, not only for Blake but for the two superpowers who continued their battle of nerves in the war-ravaged city.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau