fact of life
Example Sentences
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He lives in a "hacker-house", a shared living and workspace, where he and his colleagues continually swap ideas, and believes working long hours is just a fact of life.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Neither seems to notice that the most astonishing, extraordinary fact of life is our existence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
With the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, travelers are starting to find that flight delays and cancellations are becoming a fact of life.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025
To most people, the nation’s vaccine system feels like a solid, reliable fact of life, doling out shots to children like clockwork.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Most of the other climbers in Base Camp were in similarly battered shape—it was simply a fact of life on Everest.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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