Fortuna
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Entrepreneurs Karin Walter-Mommert and Walter Gunz later funded a private rescue, fitting the whale with a tracking device and coaxing it onto a water-filled transport ship called Fortuna B.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Justus Parmar, the CEO of Fortuna Investments, likens reusing rockets to a food-delivery driver keeping and refueling their car instead of scrapping it after dropping off dinner.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Dr. Lisa Fortuna, a child psychologist and the report’s lead author, wrote that children and parents face “layered forms of trauma.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2025
I have my own olive oil; I have a Sicilian olive oil blend in partnership with Buona Fortuna in Sicily.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
Our first step will be to elect one of their number to some very high office—the presidency, if Fortuna spins us kindly.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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