foreseen

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However, Shuttleworth suggested Swatch could not have foreseen violence breaking out.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

He could never have foreseen that a year and a half later, he’d be playing for a longtime Giants rival, already at the third stop of his young career.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Few economists at the start of 2025 could have foreseen the degree to which the AI-investment boom would power the economy past any negative effects from tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

It was not very long, though rather longer than Mr. Weston had foreseen, before she had the power of forming some opinion of Frank Churchill’s feelings.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen