ill-fated
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There are tragic, inescapable events and ill-fated lovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
It all came to a head with an ill-fated plan to spin off FIFA’s commercial operations and sell stakes to private investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Moves like that make it easy to comprehend that his ill-fated meanders could have been avoided if he’d followed the same directions that got everyone else home sooner.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The ill-fated 1943 revolt in the ghetto was the Bund’s last stand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Nina knew him only in passing—a bouncer and an enforcer, like the ill-fated Big Bolliger.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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