fateful moment
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The fateful moment occurred on Nov. 17, 1991, on the first play of the fourth quarter against the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2024
He speculates it was a surge of ancestral knowledge, downloading in one fateful moment; like many Indigenous peoples, the Sioux regard land stewardship as spiritual practice.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023
Like many movies about a journey, “Unidentified Objects” is structured around a succession of encounters, some quirky and others heartbreaking, until the fateful moment when Peter and Winona reach their destination.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
Perhaps in that fateful moment — you know, the one in which Nathaniel Hackett sent his kicker out for a 64-yarder at sea level — the Seahawks truly began to believe.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023
In that fateful moment, as the terrifying shape seemed to fly through the air toward him, all Julius’s determination to die without resisting was overwhelmed by his instinct to save himself.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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