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fate

[feyt] / feɪt /


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The reader felt his brother got the short end of the stick, but he did not appear to be blaming anyone except fate itself.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The fate of theatrical releases for Hollywood movies has been a major source of contention for the industry.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

He explained that most job candidates are perfectly respectful and punctual when they meet executives—the people who control their fate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

In times past, the nation would have learned of the fate of the commonwealth’s senior senator because a bird-dog reporter like Al Cross would have tracked it all down and reported it.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Once she learned of her fate, she set out to escape.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Consider the fates of the British Invasion superstars who emerged from England alongside the Stones in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

It seems Sally is uninterested in tempting the fates since for generations those who have fallen in love with members of the Owens family have been cursed to die.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

But while both are promising young actors, they do not succeed in bringing sufficient feeling to the jolting roller coaster of their characters’ fates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Yes, Mercedes have the best car, and yes the fates turned against Russell in various ways in both the Chinese and Japanese Grands Prix, which he could easily have won.

From BBC May 3, 2026

Additional copies have been filed elsewhere for posterity and safekeeping, as the desk copies often meet such gruesome fates while Chandresh agonizes over every word.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Jack and Sally’s fated romance is the final piece of the puzzle, the pièce de résistance that helps De Palma’s film rise above the other thrillers of its ilk.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

For in this moving elegy to innocence, the wayward boy was always fated to become a tragic hero.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

But he was fated to spend more than two-thirds of his career in opposition, and only briefly achieved cabinet rank.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

Then the Witch wheeled the horse round so that she fated the crowd and its hind-legs were on the footpath.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Now was his hope a great bulk of will fating Its wish to being, now felt he he was blind In some point of his seen wish undefined.

From Antinous: A Poem by Pessoa, Fernando António Nogueira

This was a wolf on the defensive, fating a pack which had turned upon his leadership.

From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville




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