fortune

Example Sentences

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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

The new owners will get a clean slate to try and turn the fortunes of the club around.

From BBC

"I was in the wrong era," he says, considering the way modern fast bowlers are managed, or how he could have made a fortune as a T20 gun-for-hire.

From BBC

The upward revisions, both groups said, were partly the result of the fortune that tech companies are investing in AI this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, Farke, who has been criticised for a lack of adventure particularly around substitutions, was almost rewarded for a bold decision at the interval that almost reversed their fortunes.

From BBC