inevitable
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In 1946 the rise of professional basketball wasn’t inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
McDermott acknowledged that it left him and his players waiting for the inevitable.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
We have “Tolkien and Politics,” “Tolkien and His Publishers,” a chapter on “Fame and Its Discontents,” one on “Tolkien and the Sixties” and the inevitable “Tolkien and Orwell.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Just be sure to brace yourself for your children’s inevitable wails when you try to pull them away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
For one moment it felt inevitable that he would simply lean forward, that his body would pull him into the dark.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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