prophecies
Example Sentences
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Speech-act theory explains why predictions like these can become self-fulfilling prophecies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Forgive me, but I have seen and heard prophecies emanating from what must be the same Doomsday Machine before.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
"Family bonds, ancient prophecies, and the sacred line of succession will be tested in a dangerous campaign for power. Who will survive? Who will rise?"
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
One sign of the fictional nature of this line of thinking is the way prophecies of the end of the world are routinely, in Kermode’s words, “disconfirmed without being discredited.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
He knew Kepler from his time in Prague, when he had cast a horoscope which, in the eyes of the Duke, was remarkably accurate in its prophecies.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
