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destiny

[des-tuh-nee] / ˈdɛs tə ni /


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For the first time in months, I feel like maybe we can trust Tottenham to manage their own destiny.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In the book you describe how your grandmother told everyone it was your destiny to bring prosperity to your family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The Booked Babes fall quiet as they thumb through their astrology booklets, reading about destiny, transfixed by the mesmerizing promise of inevitable fate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that it was "the destiny of both the South and the North to make the flowers of peace bloom".

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

After a long pause Adaon said, “There is a destiny laid on us to do what we must do, though it is not always given to us to see it.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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