fortune
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Buying a stake in Liverpool gives the 62-year-old a slice of one of the most iconic global sports brands for a small fraction of his fortune.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But maybe you have a legacy plan or some other purpose for your fortune and want to preserve what you have now.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"If you put in the effort and make wise judgements, good fortune will come your way three times in your life," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The set of events that would need to happen to produce a real change in the Republican Party’s fortune is pretty big,” said John Sides, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Even half a pair must be worth a fortune.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Martin’s fantasy world of Westeros in “House of the Dragon” is a particularly cruel place to be sensitive, whether to the declining fortunes of a kingdom or the machinations of the spirit world.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
With few job opportunities in the city, residents hope for a prized find to improve their fortunes and the region remains a prime destination for diamond hunters.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But when it comes to the weather, fortunes will be mixed.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The LSE’s Charlie Walker said a collective effort across regulators, government and U.K. companies is working to revive London’s fortunes, but capital is the missing piece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Zola himself also embarked upon a project as vast and all-encompassing as Wagner’s Ring, a twenty-book epic called Les Rougon-Macquart, which follows the fortunes of a family living in mid-nineteenth-century France.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
In May 2015, already a very successful MLM seller, Igor Alberts was invited to a OneCoin event in Dubai, where he met lots of people, all apparently making fortuned with this new currency.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2019
Alfred Milner was born 71 years ago, the son of a modestly fortuned country physician.
From Time Magazine Archive
Being thus left to our fortunes, it fortuned that within ten days scarce ten amongst vs could either goe, or well stand, such extreame weaknes and moknes oppressed vs.
From Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
In the course of years it fortuned that Urania and Amyntas fell in love, and though misliking of the match, Pilumnus went so far as to consult the oracle concerning his daughter's dowry.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
Also it fortuned that another squire of Picardy called John de Hellenes was fled from the battle and met with his page, who delivered him a new fresh horse, whereon he rode away alone.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart; Thomas Malory; Raphael Holinshed
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