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Other information provided by the Archdiocese noted Reidy was ordained by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington at Saint Paul Cathedral in Worcester in 1994, and was assigned to St. Peter Parish in Worcester before becoming rector of Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
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Figures like George Wallace, a Christian and proud segregationist, and Bob Jones Sr., founder of Bob Jones University, preached sermons arguing that segregation was divinely ordained.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: New Orleans Saints fans had waited a long time to get to the Super Bowl, and the roster the team had then felt fated, especially in the early years after Hurricane Katrina.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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Resisting Liverpool and causing pandemonium in the process was almost fated.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Unlike most competitions in spring, the outcome of this one wasn’t predetermined.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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To the courts The first case, held at California’s Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), centered on whether during the 2021-2022 school year the school district predetermined placement at SDCC.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022, was no more inevitable or foreordained than the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
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Before anything else is said about Lana Del Rey’s new album, let it be noted that however well the record came out, it was foreordained to come in second among her artistic works of the past year.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2023
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Oregon, Virginia, Nevada and Louisiana are among the states predicted by the KFF to experience the biggest drop in Medicaid enrolment should the cuts happen, as the map above shows.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Over-fitting forces the model to be specialized to the low amount of data and thus cannot predict accurately.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Utah The Hotline undoubtedly has a more optimistic view of Utah’s prospects than most others in the prognosticating business.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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That hasn’t stopped our stalwart insiders from viewing them and preferentially voting in 10 Oscar categories (most points for most likely, or most hoped for, to succeed) for your prognosticating pleasure.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2024
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Though Kendall finished well before Stricker on Sunday, the result felt predestined.—
Jim Owczarski,
Journal Sentinel,
11 June 2023
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Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.—
Robbee Wedow,
Scientific American,
26 May 2022
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Photo : Mercedes Its Chassis Is Braced and Its Suspension Is Adjustable Cars destined to spend their lives on the street don’t need adjustable suspension setups, let alone suspenders that require tools to tweak.—
Jeremy Korzeniewski,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2025
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But some forecasts are just destined to pass — perhaps like this campaign for Nebraska — with a whimper and darkness at the end.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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