fate
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The fate of the pile sits with U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Stout had waived his right to a jury trial, opting instead to let Lucena decide his fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Because this is the fate of most stars, white dwarfs are among the most common stellar remnants in the universe.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Even if a compromise is found over the fate of the army chief, Fedorov's future remains a thorny question.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
The original home mortgage loans on whose fate both sides were betting played no other role.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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By reminding Americans they controlled their political fates, democracy also encouraged economic self-betterment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
It seems Sally is uninterested in tempting the fates since for generations those who have fallen in love with members of the Owens family have been cursed to die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
A pensive denouement shifts to the characters’—and the crows’—postwar fates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Yes, Mercedes have the best car, and yes the fates turned against Russell in various ways in both the Chinese and Japanese Grands Prix, which he could easily have won.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
“Their fates are only a matter of consequence?”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Their fated romance is the final piece of the puzzle, the pièce de résistance that helps De Palma’s film rise above the other thrillers of its ilk.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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
Mr. Verini’s aim is a vital one: He seeks to go beyond the war crime to give shape and dimension to the everyday Ukrainians fated to become atrocity statistics at the theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Strout seems to be asking similar questions: How much of our existence is fixed or fated?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
It’s hard for me not to believe that my friendship with Ellen wasn’t somehow fated long before we were born, back when Dolly was still a poor nobody in Tennessee.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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This was a wolf on the defensive, fating a pack which had turned upon his leadership.
From Destiny by Buck, Charles Neville
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 Pessoa, Fernando António Nogueira
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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