A chance meeting and a saved business card proved pivotal.

The debate may well prove pivotal over the final 12 days of the race.

The region proved pivotal to her victory in November 2000.

But the most powerful force today was the military activity that could prove pivotal here: American bombing.

This proved pivotal as he missed more than four minutes.

Their support has often proved more pivotal for a Republican.

The 1840s proved pivotal to the development of the area.

The trip proved pivotal, although it was four years before he started making clothes himself.

Rural voters are likely to prove pivotal in the general election.

That proved pivotal on the women's side, where three of the top five women in the world were prohibited from the Olympics.