destined
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Maxime Fallet, who works at a Doubs riverboat excursion company, fears the lake is "destined to disappear", for lack of a plan to save it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
All were stolen and they were destined to be shipped to Hong Kong.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The fight arrives later than anybody wanted, with both in the twilight of their careers, but for years British boxing's biggest heavyweight rivalry seemed destined to remain a story of what might have been.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But as the clock ticked toward zero, it seemed destined to fall short.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was he who, unforgivably, taught her that there are people in the world for whom “coming along” is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing destined
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Purple Hibiscus
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