fated

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But it was fated that Dodd lost the role to Phoebe Dynevor because a few years later Dodd was invited to film a self-tape for a “very secretive” project.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Japan also has a currency that seems fated to rebound sooner or later, spelling profit for global investors.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Ms. Ziegelman pores over the pages of many memory books—for Luboml as well as other similarly fated towns—to bring back to life the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

They aren’t doomed, necessarily, just fated to endure, or perhaps born for their nature.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025

“Well, Gilly’s a fine name,” said Mr. Evans, which confirmed to Gilly that at school, too, she was fated to be surrounded by fools.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson