ill-fated
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It seems that despite Kidd repeatedly asking everyone to “move forward,” his presence was a constant reminder of the Mavericks’ ill-fated trade of superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers in February 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
He has been more successful than Celtic could have hoped for when they brought him out of retirement after Brendan Rodgers' acrimonious departure, and again following Wilfried Nancy's ill-fated eight-game spell.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Turner joined the company and stayed with it through its ill-fated January 2000 merger with America Online before leaving in 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
It's a phrase that first ricocheted through Budapest during Hungary's ill-fated anti-communist uprising of 1956.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
On the day following the visit from King’s, a hard look was given both to the ill-fated three-chain affair and to a number of possible variants.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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