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
“You were even more fortunate if you engaged him in conversation or listened to his analysis, because he never failed to boost your love of the game of hockey.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"I'm fortunate enough to be in that position where I did play alongside him," Root told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I had prepped appetizers, sides and heavily salted my steaks, in advance, which was fortunate.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I see no enemy to a fortunate issue but in the brow; and that brow professes to say,—‘I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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