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Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

In her shifting reflection we see that changes in fashion foretell changes in politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Perhaps it’s bear markets that foretell better times.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Her name was Annie—“just Annie,” no surname—and she was “just an orphan,” a nobody, really, but she never let her impoverished origins foretell her fate.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2024

One night he was troubled with dreams which seemed to foretell some great danger to him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Although I’ve consistently argued that long-term investors should keep most of their money in stocks, you can’t just look at the past and pretend that it precisely foretells the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

This foretells of a world where hydrocarbons are substituted by other energy sources.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

If the coming days are anything like those of past years, analysts will try to make the case that the stock market’s performance at the beginning of January foretells its full-year direction.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

Montiel takes a while to tip his hand that he’s after something more emotionally complex than the first act foretells.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

The drum of royalty, foretold two generations earlier, is now returning to its bearer.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

But no one foretold that the star to whom the Dodgers agreed last winter to pay an average of $60 million each year would be, well, average.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

When the Fed eased after a market rout, it was usually reacting to what the decline foretold.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

The extravagant and perhaps exaggerated promises of artificial superintelligence always foretold this outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The clouds in the sky grew steadily denser, and foretold a heavy summer rain before nightfall.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

While foretelling his imminent death, Christ tells his followers: “Walk while ye have the light.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In the dark recesses of the U.S. economy, price pressures are bubbling up and foretelling another wave of inflation.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

Critics have heaped praise on the new comedy series from Detectorists creator Mackenzie Crook, which follows a man who creates tiny creatures capable of foretelling the future and answering any question.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

Evening fell, as it falls always on the entertainments of man, foretelling the solemnity of night and end.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson