destined
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The League One play-off final beckoned and, off the back of an impressive campaign, perhaps they were destined to return to the second tier just five years after it had all gone wrong.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Vogt’s Juliette groans like a workhorse that knows it’s destined for the glue factory.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Macklem said some goods originating from China and destined for Canada are loaded onto these big vessels, and have to dock in Los Angeles.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
In peacetime, it bore about a fifth of the world’s crude and crude products — 80% of that destined for Asia.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
If “cousin Darwin” had solved half the puzzle, then “cousin Galton” was destined to crack the other.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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