ill-fated
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He played an ill-fated financial journalist in the fourth season of “Industry” and will next star in a “Peaky Blinders” sequel series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The trading firm has done a series of U.S. gas deals under Chief Executive Gary Pedersen, who replaced co-founder Torbjörn Törnqvist after an ill-fated attempt last fall to acquire the international operations of Russia’s Lukoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
There were the frozen steaks, the fraudulent university, the ill-fated airline shuttle, the bankrupt Atlantic City casinos and a short-lived dating show spun off from “The Apprentice” that was canceled after two seasons.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Researchers have identified four additional sailors from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition, including one man whose identity had remained the subject of debate for more than a century.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
A sense of ill-fated timing crept over me, and if Momma hadn’t reached for my hand I would have drifted back to Bailey and Uncle Willie, and possibly beyond.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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