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fateful

[fayt-fuhl] / ˈfeɪt fəl /




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The trauma of that fateful day has never gone away and Lee believes it triggered anxiety.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Before the fateful snap with six seconds left, NC State had a 99.9% chance of winning the game, according to ESPN’s win probability metric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Their fateful interactions are told through crisp flashes of memory, skillfully rendered with spare elegance by the translator Hillel Halkin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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

But on one fateful afternoon last year,Jeffrey threw the rules out the window.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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