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

The slowdown foreseen by many on Wall Street never materialized in full.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

He did what he did in Vasquez Perdomo; he should have foreseen the consequences.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2025

That night the officers put seven slips of paper into a cap, and Captain Roque Carnicero's unpeaceful fate was foreseen by his name on the prize slip.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez