fortune's wheel
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This is the play's hub, and fortune's wheel is about to spin until Michael finds himself underneath it.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2012
With such inducement, more & more famous names have been grabbing an armful of records and sponsors, and going to work at fortune's wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The sudden turn of fortune's wheel came when a confident Marcos, who had never lost a vote in his life, called a snap election.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The turn of fortune’s wheel was distinctly favourable.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis
By a sudden turn in fortune's wheel his lot was cast in Central Illinois, where his first vocation was that of teacher of a village school.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)