fortune
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The game’s reversals of fortune provide drama and suspense, leaving a void during the off season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Now at 69, his riches outstrip everyone on the continent, with a worth of $35.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg billionaires index, while Forbes estimates his fortune at $51.3 billion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
He has had some luck, and some of his wins have turned on fortune - safety cars in Japan and Madrid, for example.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
That marks the biggest reversal of fortune for the average stock on record.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
He threw up his hands and looked to the roof of the hut as if he couldn’t believe his good fortune.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and AI company, raised record sums there in June, while Google and Meta, which are pouring fortunes into data centers, are also seeking fresh capital.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is willing to put up $1.4 billion to buy Wendy’s, but reviving the burger chain’s fortunes is likely to require even more money.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Visionaries like Jeff Bezos built their fortunes doing exactly that, saving Americans billions of dollars and billions of hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
But sources have told BBC Sport that the former Middlesbrough manager will not only take charge against Chelsea but will also be given a chance to revive the club's fortunes on the pitch.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The sum of worldly knowledge is expanding daily; fortunes are rising to dizzying heights.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
In May 2015, already a very successful MLM seller, Igor Alberts was invited to a OneCoin event in Dubai, where he met lots of people, all apparently making fortuned with this new currency.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2019
Alfred Milner was born 71 years ago, the son of a modestly fortuned country physician.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the course of years it fortuned that Urania and Amyntas fell in love, and though misliking of the match, Pilumnus went so far as to consult the oracle concerning his daughter's dowry.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
Ah, M. didn’t fortune right when she fortuned that.
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
Being thus left to our fortunes, it fortuned that within ten days scarce ten amongst vs could either goe, or well stand, such extreame weaknes and moknes oppressed vs.
From Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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