fact of life
Example Sentences
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Leaders of other countries went to him, a well-recognized fact of life in the United States Senate, when they needed something.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The FSS also issued a “consumer warning” last week to remind investors that “with stock market volatility increasing” sharp price changes are a new fact of life.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
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
Beyond that, he also believes that he can usher in new ways of living, in which performance-enhancement isn’t reserved for elite athletes, but becomes a daily fact of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
But there remained one particularly galling fact of life.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
