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fortune's wheel



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This is the play's hub, and fortune's wheel is about to spin until Michael finds himself underneath it.

From The Guardian ● May 26, 2012

With such inducement, more & more famous names have been grabbing an armful of records and sponsors, and going to work at fortune's wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sudden turn of fortune's wheel came when a confident Marcos, who had never lost a vote in his life, called a snap election.

From Time Magazine Archive

To say that the children were delighted at this new turn of fortune's wheel is a very poor way of expressing their rapture.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

Moreover, justice offered at every point a series of splendid uncertainties, and a thousand giddy turns of fortune’s wheel.

From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton


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