fait accompli
Example Sentences
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Yet the majority is trying to avoid a fait accompli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
That fait accompli brought them worldwide fame, culminating in two open-air gigs at Knebworth House in summer 1996.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
The end result now seems like fait accompli: The crowd in the ballroom of a Pasadena Hilton went wild just before 1 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2000, as Schiff declared victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
“We will not consent to fait accompli and unlawfulness on the island.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
He also plays the old trick of presenting as a fait accompli what is, in fact, the nub of the argument, and to give the force of inevitability to something contingent.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
