fortuitous
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Nothing was fortuitous about the way he outlasted two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
This purchase was especially fortuitous as the facility was in an area already zoned to permit a medical clinic.
From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026
Omar Marmoush struggled to fill in for Haaland, although Bobb nearly snatched a fortuitous equaliser with a deflected cross that Flekken blocked with his leg.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
“What’s fortuitous is that our own analysis, I think the Navy’s own analysis, we’re all kind of leaning in a direction that aligns with the president’s intuition,” Clark said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Maybe it had seemed to Kabuo Miyamoto, alone on the sea shortly afterward, a fortuitous thing to have come across Carl Heine in circumstances such as these.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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