foretold

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The extravagant and perhaps exaggerated promises of artificial superintelligence always foretold this outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Life imitated art when, in 2019, Van Der Beek fulfilled the prophecy foretold by a “Don’t Trust the B—” storyline and became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Some claim that the stock market’s full-year direction is foretold by its performance on the first trading day of January; others focus on the first two days, and still others on the first week.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

His three under par on the front nine of the second day at the North was noteworthy, but hardly foretold a round that would go into lore.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

Who could have foretold that she would set foot in the city he founded, even if only for a day?

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood