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

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

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

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams