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soothsay

[sooth-say] / ˈsuθˌseɪ /










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But, he added, the ability to soothsay where a young man is going to be five years from now requires the scout to dig even deeper.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2016

A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oddly enough, though every one in the Settlement had heard the soothsay, and nobody doubted it, she was the only person concerned who took it closely to heart.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Maurice Henry Hewlett

As soon as he was a little restored, Dontsovna came to him to soothsay; but she told him nothing good.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Beyond forests, beyond mountains, lived in the Crimea a certain kind woman named Lala, who could soothsay.

From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

A Dutch ship’s doctor who met him in the 1750s reported that he had earned a reputation there for sagacity and soothsaying.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2018

At least this is definitive proof that The Post doesn’t pay me for soothsaying.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017

Frank Bruni: That is a bit of unimpeachable soothsaying, Gail.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2017

Honestly, there was so much loudmouthed soothsaying that it was hard to tell who was saying what.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016

Chase didn’t want to get into Momma Rossi’s soothsaying.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith


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