prophesy
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Only Chani manages to escape the trap of prophesy and bloodlines, of arranged marriage, designer babies and the dream of world domination.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Mr Darko told the BBC that the police lost a case earlier this year against a pastor who had been charged for allegedly making an alarmist prophesy about a celebrity musician being shot.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022
That should give central bankers confidence that high prices are not becoming so embedded in the American psyche that they become a self-fulfilling prophesy as people ask for higher pay and change their spending patterns.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2022
It is possible that this newly-emerged roach behavior could prophesy future roach adaptations.
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2022
As for pronunciation, prophecy ends in a “see,” prophesy in a “sigh.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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