horoscope
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In the course of his travels, he heard John Calvin speak, had his horoscope read by Nostradamus and witnessed the French dauphin toss a small dog out of a high window.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
But the country's most popular horoscope forecasting the Buddhist new year starting in early 2026, touted by street vendors nationwide in recent days, contains clashing portents.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Many critics noted that their work suffered from selection bias and determinism; a 1991 Newsweek article described it as “an elaborate historical horoscope that will never withstand scholarly scrutiny.”
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
"I am a horse on my horoscope so I don't know if that has any correlation."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
It’s better than a horoscope, Mother always says.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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With no smartphone to scroll, she tried to find something to enjoy in the glossy pages — an article about flying fishes, the horoscopes, a feature on male yeast infections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
In another trial, when given a photograph of a stocked bookshelf, both chatbots offered detailed descriptions of the hypothetical owner’s supposed character and interests that were almost like AI-generated horoscopes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
By 1700, astrological consultation for personal destinies and the use of personal horoscopes “pretty much disappeared from Europe … and was no longer taken seriously by educated people,” Campion says.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 24, 2023
Susan Miller, an astrologer in New York who has written horoscopes for decades, was more skeptical.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
He bought books about secret societies, about horoscopes, and anything that had to do with the supernatural.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Power Suffix: -scope
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