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Which composer's Fifth Symphony has an opening famously described as "fate knocking at the door"?

fate

[fayt] / feΙͺt /


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Different physical processes dominate each phase, influencing the rock's appearance, behavior, and eventual fate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The planned truce was announced by US First Lady Melania Trump after months of mounting international concern over the fate of residents in the city.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

But Rodríguez, too, needs a harmonious relationship with Washington if she is to avoid a fate similar to that of her predecessor and indicated she might be prepared to hold talks with Machado.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Hoping to avoid a similar fate over the long term, La Liga president Javier Tebas echoed Mbappé’s apology within hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

These all provided relevant answers to the spirit’s fate.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Some have since passed away without ever discovering the fates of their loved ones.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

That said, the performances are so captivating that one quickly becomes embroiled in the imperiled fates of the characters and their flailing attempts to either escape or ignore them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

Consider the fates of the British Invasion superstars who emerged from England alongside the Stones in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Their fates are only a matter of consequence?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Not everyone is fated to save the world with their prophecy-fulfilling twin.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 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

Strout seems to be asking similar questions: How much of our existence is fixed or fated?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

What we know and they don’t quite realize yet is that these young’uns are themselves fated to love each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The snapshot was fated to become a historical artifact, for within a year, these same men would come together again—as leaders of America’s effort to create the atomic bomb.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck

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 AntΓ³nio Nogueira Pessoa


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