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twist of fate

NOUN
reversal of fortune
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In a twist of fate his grandson Lembit would become more famous than him, being a Liberal Democrat MP through the early 2000s and later going on I'm a Celebrity...

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

In a fun twist of fate, Mark McCandless, the grandson of the original tile designer, installed the red and blue stoneware on the fountain using his grandfather’s tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

In a twist of fate, they were matched with a birth mother just as they were traveling to Italy to celebrate their 10th anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

But in a terrible twist of fate, she was instead killed in her home town of Omagh.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

By a great twist of fate, the house belongs to a grocer named Wilmer McLean, who moved to Appomattox Court House to escape the war.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly



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