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fate

[feyt] / feɪt /


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But the online attention had yet to alter Walters’ fate.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Oracle is tightly linked to OpenAI’s fate, having taken on debt to help fund a massive expansion in cloud capacity that’s meant support the ChatGPT creator’s growth ambitions.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Judge Alex Lee said on Friday the fate of the statue would be decided after a decision was made on its ownership.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Sanchez planned to report to work Thursday evening, but was sure she’d suffer the same fate.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

“Perhaps,” she said, for she knew how sharply fate can swerve between one day and the next.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

I’m taking issue with the widespread belief that the long-term fates of a country’s economy and stock market are closely tied to the size of its population.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The remarkable finds have sparked hope that some families could finally discover the fates of their ancestors, more than 80 years on from the war.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

By reminding Americans they controlled their political fates, democracy also encouraged economic self-betterment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

While there’s nothing particularly novel about that plot, it pulls you along, and the series as a whole is orchestrated to make one care about the characters and worry over their fates.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

I moved away from the critic and found myself sitting beside a clairvoyant who loudly predicted the fates of the various characters seen moving their lips up on the screen.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The prophecy also claims that the fated twins have the power to command daemons, supernatural beings with unearthly abilities.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

For in this moving elegy to innocence, the wayward boy was always fated to become a tragic hero.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

But he was fated to spend more than two-thirds of his career in opposition, and only briefly achieved cabinet rank.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

If you lack investment discipline and don’t have a plan to handle your winners and losers, you are likely fated to lose more than you should—and to earn less than you could.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

He shrugged and said, “You might not believe it, but I was fated to be a priest. In the City of York. That’s far to the north.”

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Now was his hope a great bulk of will fating Its wish to being, now felt he he was blind In some point of his seen wish undefined.

From Antinous: A Poem by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa

This was a wolf on the defensive, fating a pack which had turned upon his leadership.

From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck




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