foresee
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Is it possible, many have wondered, to foresee when and where a bluff might collapse — and perhaps even turn these predictions into early warning alerts?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Social media and AI harm the body politic in ways Tocqueville and Lincoln couldn’t possibly foresee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
This is going to be painful in ways that you can’t foresee, but if you remain adaptable and empathetic, you could be embarking on an illuminating chapter of your life.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
"What we did not foresee is that this project would end up being his last major commission," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Good thing, perhaps, that one can't foresee the future.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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In its first look into 2027, the International Energy Agency said it foresees the return of an oil glut due to record investments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
He foresees a “highly probable future” where blockchain becomes a major venue for NYSE’s core operations, such as trading, clearing, settlement, capital formation and data distribution, Blaugrund said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
If Fidesz were to win those seats, he foresees a potential victory.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Arm Holdings foresees significant demand for its chips as swarms of intelligent agents require ever-more processing capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
“Mr. Curtain foresees a ‘call to greater duty’ in the near future.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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Has the office served its purpose, or has it lingered one bureaucracy layered on top of a bunch of other bureaucracies, as some critics foresaw?
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
But it is unlikely, as it strategised ahead of commencing the attacks on Iran, that the US fully foresaw some of these economic consequences.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
He foresaw the current predicament long before most others did, and he had the courage to confront it long before it was politically convenient to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The average analyst estimate calculated by FactSet foresaw a loss of 7 cents per share.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
‘They arrived just as you foresaw, Enceladus! Well done!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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While some supply-chain-related impact to IBM’s prior expectations were foreseen, “we did not anticipate the magnitude of the capex reprioritization,” Krishna said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Friday listing foreseen for South Korea’s second biggest company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
As Smith had foreseen, since his stellar performance in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap Seabiscuit had been assigned the highest weight in virtually every race, at times carrying over twenty pounds more than his rivals.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Second, stocks could be foreseeing a future that many Americans have yet to suss out—one, say, in which the war with Iran ends, inflation eases and growth picks up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
He is shifting Brazil exposure to longer-term bonds, foreseeing a “neutral” interest rate of 10% to 11%, eventually.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
They all face similar pressures, but some have done better than others at foreseeing the danger and planning for it.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Regulators’ fascination with foreseeing how the tech giants could harm competition stems largely from their perceived failure to do so in the past.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
“That’s the one,” said Harry, foreseeing a great danger and determining to prevent it immediately.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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