predetermine

Paul has faced repeated and unsubstantiated accusations that his fights are predetermined, but he did suffer a loss to Briton Tommy Fury in 2020.

No predetermined script to follow for what came next.

Sure, every insight along the way feels predetermined, even as the young star’s greatest strength lies in how his watchful eyes often betray little.

“This couldn’t be further from the truth. Nothing we said in the interview implied this conclusion, which leads me to believe the angle taken was predetermined.”

I’m not in any way “pie in the sky” about these realities, but I also recognize and actually trust in a belief that sometimes good things happen in ways that feel predetermined and fateful.