foreseen

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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"I am sure that you could and should have reasonably foreseen the risk," said Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In March, the market did experience a broadening many investors had foreseen, though not in the direction most wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

And he thought of Wormtail, dead because of one small unconscious impulse of mercy....Dumbledore had foreseen that....How much more had he known?

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling