twist of fate
Example Sentences
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"It was quite a mad twist of fate or luck that I had seen this advert and ended up in bobsleigh, so I don't know if bobsleigh found me or I found bobsleigh," she laughed.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
By a bizarre twist of fate, it ended up in the filmmakers’ possession through eBay, after a man named Juju kept the animatronic in his living room in Florida.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
That was certainly the case at Monza, as they interfered after the sort of twist of fate that often turns driver's races.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
In a cruel twist of fate, Wilson’s victory was short-lived.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2025
As a Colored woman, my neck had constantly been beneath the stony foot of racial segregation, so collapsing under the weight of a bad twist of fate was a luxury I did not have.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
