fateful moment
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The fateful moment for McLaren was when Gasly and Hulkenberg came together as the German tried to pass the Frenchman around the outside of Turn One on lap seven.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
He speculates it was a surge of ancestral knowledge, downloading in one fateful moment; like many Indigenous peoples, the Sioux regard land stewardship as spiritual practice.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023
Like many movies about a journey, “Unidentified Objects” is structured around a succession of encounters, some quirky and others heartbreaking, until the fateful moment when Peter and Winona reach their destination.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
Perhaps in that fateful moment — you know, the one in which Nathaniel Hackett sent his kicker out for a 64-yarder at sea level — the Seahawks truly began to believe.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023
Truly, he had nothing to be ashamed of—until that fateful moment when he had fallen asleep in the sun.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
