oracle
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Yet if Flanner was no oracle, she was also no fascist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
An oracle is a person, usually possessing long-earned wisdom, that can share reliable information about the future.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
Days later, the Dalai Lama fled the palace, a decision he said was based on divine orders from his personal oracle.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Writer and performer Sandra Tsing Loh had the honors Sunday, and she gamely followed the script’s instructions as though presiding over an evening of charades that an oracle had dreamed up in advance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
Where was my answer, the riddle of the oracle, the ambiguous utterance of prophecy?
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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