as in disastrous
bringing about ruin or misfortune
a fateful encounter with a confidence man that they would long regret
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Recent Examples of fateful
Whose children were murdered, and the many people that were so badly—over 42 people so badly injured on that fateful day in Afghanistan.
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Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Not long ago, the thought was that Suggs would miss just a few games with a thigh contusion, but a few games stretched to 14 games before the Magic made the fateful announcement Friday: Suggs has been diagnosed with a left knee injury and will be out indefinitely.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
Krakauer was actually there when the disaster occurred, so readers get a first-person perspective on what happened on that fateful day.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
Molland quit Badfinger before Ham’s death, taking issue with the fateful management decisions that were being made after the band switched from Apple to Warner Bros. Records.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Not long ago, the thought was that Suggs would miss just a few games with a thigh contusion, but a few games stretched to 14 games before the Magic made the fateful announcement Friday: Suggs has been diagnosed with a left knee injury and will be out indefinitely.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2025
Krakauer was actually there when the disaster occurred, so readers get a first-person perspective on what happened on that fateful day.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
Molland quit Badfinger before Ham’s death, taking issue with the fateful management decisions that were being made after the band switched from Apple to Warner Bros. Records.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fateful
Adjective
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No punishment for shooting a disastrous 24 percent from 3, the team’s worst perimeter performance since its 6-for-23 effort from deep against St. John’s on Feb. 23.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Or how about their disastrous appearance on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Missing The Human Element Another fatal error is treating AI implementation as purely a technical challenge rather than a socio-technical one that requires human adoption and integration.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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The video the boys took the night of the fatal hit-and-run was uploaded to Instagram, police said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With a 6-5 record in 11 games post-All Star Weekend (including 2-3 in their last five), Tom Thibodeau's Knicks have been in a bit of a rut that began before Brunson's unfortunate injury.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Thankfully on one unfortunate visit Puligny had a town cooperative with plenty of wine to drink and a phone number for a man with a van to return us and our bicycles to our hotel in Beaune.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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