fortunate
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How fortunate we are that chronicling and exploding our absurd reality is writer-director Boots Riley’s whole thing.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Eckert has not been so fortunate to avoid the limelight.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
McCluskie relished going to battle for those less fortunate, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Mahaffey considers himself fortunate: If he hadn’t received an offer from Cornell, where he’s set to attend this fall, he would have spent weeks “walking around on eggshells” awaiting BU’s response.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Both of us had pushed boundaries and done dumb things as teenagers, and we’d been fortunate to do it all without the eyes of a nation on us.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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