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Without clear accountability, those in charge of completing construction throw discipline to the wind and treat cost overruns as inevitable rather than unacceptable.

“Gold’s ascent to $5000 seems increasingly inevitable,” Haigh wrote in a note published Monday, citing both strong ETF flows and renewed central bank purchases.

"But today gives us hope that there will always be an inevitable freedom, no matter the circumstances," she added.

Seeing that Hamas’s defeat was inevitable, its patrons agreed to the deal to have at least some control over its demise.

The workings of history often seem inevitable: Bygone decisions appear inescapable, and the viability of alternate pathways easily discounted.