destined
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Of course, it was destined for the jokes about the new wordmark to happen.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
That sent long-term rates plunging but they rebounded on Thursday, with Mark Malek, of Muriel Siebert & Co, calling it "a housekeeping move destined to be short-term, at best".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
While the people of Greenland, Iceland and parts of northern Spain were destined to see a total eclipse, the eclipse witnessed in the UK was still the best since August 1999.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is, by some accounts, named for a Zoroastrian deity destined to emerge victorious after a 9,000-year standoff with an adversary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
"I put a cold, wet cloth on it as soon as I could, but it was destined to make a scar. Always to remind me of my carelessness."
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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