turn out to be

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Dubbed Don Colossus, the statue depicts the president on that fateful afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania, moments after surviving what would turn out to be the first of many attempts on his life.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

“Some layers of the stack will be vastly overvalued at today’s prices, and some will turn out to be vastly undervalued,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Forecasts often turn out to be incorrect due to world events.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The silver lining: While some of these these fallen stocks will emerge losers, some will turn out to be winners.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

I reasoned that Halloween was going to turn out to be some kind of a Ryan Dean West twelve-step-and-apologize-to-everyone-whose-feelings-I’ve-hurt night.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith