ill-fated
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He was nearly forced out in March, over his ill-fated decision to appoint ex-Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to Washington.
From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026
He was nearly forced out in March, over his ill-fated decision to appoint ex-Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to Washington.
From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026
He has been more successful than Celtic could have hoped for when they brought him out of retirement after Brendan Rodgers' acrimonious departure, and again following Wilfried Nancy's ill-fated eight-game spell.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
October’s windfall also proved fleeting: In January, one of the Hyperliquid accounts lost more than $128 million on an ill-fated bet that ether would rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
They had come to inspect the old Deutsches Stadion, built in 1916 for the ill-fated Olympic Games of that year.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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