prophetic
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I won’t reveal the final result, but McGraw’s comment, when asked where he would position his outfielders when the Babe came to the plate, was prophetic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Some might call those words prophetic but any rabbinical aspiration Israel had in her youth would have to wait—as the field wasn’t open to women when she was coming of age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
McIlroy's belief that finally landing the Green Jacket last year would pave the way for more major victories proved prophetic.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
NAR evangelist Sean Feucht posted to Facebook: “President Trump posts the exact prophetic word about him from Kim Clement in Redding, California in 2007.”
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
That same day, back in the States, a New Yorker named Richard Wingate sat down and penned what would turn out to be a prophetic letter to the sports editor of the New York Times.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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