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“We weren’t the fortunate ones and we weren’t the most beautiful ones,” Cher says.

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The idea of a TV version had been explored by the Times for awhile, and the company’s timing is fortunate.

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"Playing for England was something I aspired to do since I was a kid dreaming in the back garden, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have lived out those dreams," he wrote on social media.

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Hubbard and Maverick became teammates due to fortunate timing.

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Where United are fortunate is that they have had a week off since losing the derby, while Chelsea were beaten by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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