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fateful

[fayt-fuhl] / ˈfeɪt fəl /




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Frustration with online dating in Japan is fueling a surge in business for matchmaking services, whose ads in the Tokyo subway advise singles to “leave life’s fateful encounters to the pros.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

But his voice tyrannically resounds with sadistic orders and conservative cultural commentary during the second-act flashback scene, in which a fateful day on the set of the show changes the lives of Ronika and Blair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

About two songs into his set, she made the fateful decision of leaving to go to the bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

As the protests fall silent for now, the country waits for the president to make a series of possibly fateful decisions.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

And how long ago that fateful day seemed!

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood




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