foreseeing

Example Sentences

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But that Qiu was in town at all suggests an intelligence failure for Beijing in not foreseeing the U.S. strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

He is shifting Brazil exposure to longer-term bonds, foreseeing a “neutral” interest rate of 10% to 11%, eventually.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

They all face similar pressures, but some have done better than others at foreseeing the danger and planning for it.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

Perhaps foreseeing the Boeing Bust that followed in 1970, he left before the first 747 was delivered.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Already my mother would admit to foreseeing herself in her own mother, a woman grown old, bald and bowlegged, after a hard lifetime of working.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez