as in destined
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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Major ship lines Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have stopped accepting most cargo destined for the Persian Gulf countries.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026 -
And their drive is still evident, embodied by a singular focus from those destined for the Hall of Fame all the way down to an unheralded hometown hero hanging onto an NBA roster spot.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Brontë’s novel is much weirder and more subtle than virtually all of its screen adaptations, most of which ignore the book’s violent second half entirely in favor of the more straightforward, though doomed, love affair between Cathy and Heathcliff.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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After the tour, both Inserra and Nelson were convinced the tree was doomed.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Foredoomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foredoomed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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