fortunate
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I was fortunate to experience this recently as director of an international research team carrying out fieldwork in the Theban necropolis, a Unesco world heritage site near the modern Egyptian city of Luxor.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
“What I think has been really cool is that if you are fortunate to see guys go on and do well, it attracts really high-level coaches as well,” McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
I had prepped appetizers, sides and heavily salted my steaks, in advance, which was fortunate.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
His "creativity, vision and passion for music touched the lives and careers of so many people around the world, and for the most fortunate of us, he was dad," the statement said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I have been fortunate enough to receive letters with such information, to have rêveurs share with me writings from journals or thoughts scribbled on scraps of paper.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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