foretelling

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A viral thought experiment by Citrini Research foretelling mass white-collar unemployment, cratering consumer spending and financial contagion tapped into deep anxieties about the technology both on Wall Street and among the broader public.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

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

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

A number of religious sects arose foretelling the end of days.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But if you’re game for an emerging filmmaking talent’s stingingly uncanny foretelling, “The Pink Cloud” is an arresting examination of what it can look like when existence is misshaped into a compromised destiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien