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"Our destinies as nations have been interlinked. As Oscar Wilde said, 'We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language!'"

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

Neither he nor his country, he believed, could fulfill their destinies on the world stage without a war.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

"I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way," she wrote on Instagram at the time.

From BBC May 11, 2025

“Fat Ham” practices what it preaches by lavishing laughter and delight as it encourages us to take our destinies caressingly in hand.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2024

So what if those heroes never faced their destinies?

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman