ill-fated
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It's a phrase that first ricocheted through Budapest during Hungary's ill-fated anti-communist uprising of 1956.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
October’s windfall also proved fleeting: In January, one of the Hyperliquid accounts lost more than $128 million on an ill-fated bet that ether would rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The United States is a lot more than deadly weaponry and ill-fated military interventions.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Lore goes that when Alec Guinness received the “Coronets” script with an offer to play four of the ill-fated tycoons, he wrote back greedily and said, “Why not eight?”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Following his ill-fated endorsement of May-Johnson and his subsequent repudiation, Lawrence absented himself from the debate over domestic control.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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