foreordain

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But in recent years, dozens of such governments have instead used courts, with verdicts foreordained, to publicly condemn their ousted adversaries and frighten others into submission.

From New York Times

But I actually found more rooting interest in her teammates, because their triumphs didn’t feel quite so foreordained.

From Washington Post

Mr. Bogdanovich’s film career had seemed almost foreordained, for he was nothing short of a cinematic prodigy.

From New York Times

That outcome was even more foreordained than the one on Friday, given not only that the prosecution bore the burden of proof but that Zimmerman had killed the only other witness to the fight.

From Washington Post

Yet her association with Disney seemed almost foreordained from the time she was very young.

From New York Times