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Which composer's Fifth Symphony has an opening famously described as "fate knocking at the door"?

fate

[fayt] / feɪt /


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The captives' return was a key priority for Israel, whose public had agonised over their fate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Concerns about aquaculture extend far beyond the fate of the oceans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But legally, their fate is far more complicated.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Ben Macintyre’s new book emphasizes how history sometimes hinges on quirky twists of fate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

And that fate was a big hunk of stinky meat.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

That said, the performances are so captivating that one quickly becomes embroiled in the imperiled fates of the characters and their flailing attempts to either escape or ignore them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

I’m taking issue with the widespread belief that the long-term fates of a country’s economy and stock market are closely tied to the size of its population.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

By reminding Americans they controlled their political fates, democracy also encouraged economic self-betterment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

That's the no-man's land they're living in now, frantically looking at the respective fates of Senegal and Ecuador, Curacao and Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and others.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I even explained the origins of the term “geek,” how so many of them, once destined to be marginalized outcasts, were using technology to alter their fates, change their destinies, build a new culture.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

The prophecy also claims that the fated twins have the power to command daemons, supernatural beings with unearthly abilities.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

But he was fated to spend more than two-thirds of his career in opposition, and only briefly achieved cabinet rank.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Mr. Goodspeed presents a compelling argument that recessions are not fated, and that they are becoming shorter and less frequent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

If you lack investment discipline and don’t have a plan to handle your winners and losers, you are likely fated to lose more than you should—and to earn less than you could.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Drained by worry, abandoned by St. Christopher, she stopped fighting an eventuality that had never been fated in the first place.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Now was his hope a great bulk of will fating Its wish to being, now felt he he was blind In some point of his seen wish undefined.

From Antinous: A Poem by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa

This was a wolf on the defensive, fating a pack which had turned upon his leadership.

From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck




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