foretell
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Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
In her shifting reflection we see that changes in fashion foretell changes in politics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Perhaps it’s bear markets that foretell better times.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Her name was Annie—“just Annie,” no surname—and she was “just an orphan,” a nobody, really, but she never let her impoverished origins foretell her fate.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2024
What if she was like one of those evil fairy godmothers in a fairy tale, about to foretell an innocent baby’s doom?
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
This foretells of a world where hydrocarbons are substituted by other energy sources.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The “Skyscraper Index” foretells tough times for a city or country that’s just built the world’s tallest one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
If the coming days are anything like those of past years, analysts will try to make the case that the stock market’s performance at the beginning of January foretells its full-year direction.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
Montiel takes a while to tip his hand that he’s after something more emotionally complex than the first act foretells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
When the Fed eased after a market rout, it was usually reacting to what the decline foretold.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The extravagant and perhaps exaggerated promises of artificial superintelligence always foretold this outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
An angel is thought to have foretold his birth to St Patrick, 30 years before it happened - although the exact date is believed to be some time between 462 and 515 AD.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
In his 1998 book “Paradise Lost,” Schrag sought not simply to foretell the region’s future, but to explicate how its future foretold what was in store for the country as a whole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
The day had turned sunny, just as he’d foretold.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
England are due to make it to the semi-finals, with Portugal poised to knock them out two decades after they did in 2006 - though the model stops short of foretelling 'penalties, again'.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
In the dark recesses of the U.S. economy, price pressures are bubbling up and foretelling another wave of inflation.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
That marvelous lighted scene, foretelling the end of Europe’s deadliest period, has stayed with me all these years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
“By your own foretelling this world will change, and within five years.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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