crystal ball
Example Sentences
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"Without a crystal ball nobody can know what is going to happen" to producers' and farmers' costs at the moment these contracts are signed.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“He who lives by the crystal ball learns to eat ground glass,” as they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
“We don’t have a crystal ball, because we’re still at war,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
“If I had a crystal ball I could tell you now what is going to happen,” Heimo Schirgi, the World Cup chief operating officer for FIFA, said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
He concentrated so hard that something inside him cracked—as if a crystal ball had shattered in his stomach.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
