as in to doom
to determine the fate of in advance
since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day
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Mental mistakes and slow offense doomed the Aggies in a night when two-way player Jordy Frahm dealt 10 strikeouts and swung for four RBIs; A&M left 11 runners on base during the game.—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
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Years later, as an adult pulled back home by a family wedding, Clara must confront the lingering fallout of that scandal and decide whether she’s doomed to repeat her mother’s mistakes.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Last week, his government retaliated by halting diesel shipments to Ukraine and threatening to veto a $106-billion EU loan destined for Kyiv.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Skills could still be admired, but the flag-waving, face-painting, arm-thrusting, chanting, singing, and taunting might reasonably have seemed destined for extinction.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Whatever happens after that is up to fate and the basketball gods.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Born in the small town of Mallard, Louisiana, a set of identical twins are fated for opposite lives.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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He was ordained in 1968 and received his divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2000.—
Hannah Hudnall,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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Jackson was with King before his assassination in April 1968, and was ordained as a Reverend in June that same year.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Foredoom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foredoom. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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