foreseen

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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

Yet in 1980 could Carter’s administration have foreseen the catastrophic consequences of its decision not to attack Iran?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He could never have foreseen that a year and a half later, he’d be playing for a longtime Giants rival, already at the third stop of his young career.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

And it could not have been foreseen then how much further there was still to fall, with Andrew experiencing the most public loss of status for a royal in modern history.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Only he could have foreseen how two black eyes would earn her the lasting friendship of the tallest, and the strongest, and the fastest girl in all of the fifth grade.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord