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fortuitous

[fawr-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo-] / fɔrˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu- /


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Then a fortuitous gig at Disneyland led to a television debut on “Disney After Dark” in 1962.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

But what would have been a fortuitous goal was chalked off because the ball was deemed to have hit his elbow, which was tight to his body.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

This purchase was especially fortuitous as the facility was in an area already zoned to permit a medical clinic.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Omar Marmoush struggled to fill in for Haaland, although Bobb nearly snatched a fortuitous equaliser with a deflected cross that Flekken blocked with his leg.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

It was 1895, a fortuitous moment when physicists were pondering a host of strange new physical forces manifested in their apparatuses.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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