fortune
Example Sentences
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His fortunes unraveled not long after when investigators witnessed him on his property engaging in “heavy physical activity,” according to the Sacramento County D.A.’s office.
From Los Angeles Times
But her family has spent a fortune on private investigators who say they turned up evidence of a homicide, creating a divide within local enforcement over how to handle the case.
From Los Angeles Times
Activist investor Elliott Management has taken a sizeable stake in Lululemon Athletica and has a potential CEO candidate in hopes of turning around the company’s fortunes, according to a new report.
From MarketWatch
The change in fortunes is down to a high pressure system which is going to build close to the north of the UK and a low pressure one forming around France or Spain.
From BBC
Firms that had banner years would lay siege to hotel ballrooms, trumpeting their good fortune with rip-roaring excesses more suited to an Indian wedding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
