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foretell

[fawr-tel, fohr-] / fɔrˈtɛl, foʊr- /


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Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

In her shifting reflection we see that changes in fashion foretell changes in politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Perhaps it’s bear markets that foretell better times.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

In his 1998 book “Paradise Lost,” Schrag sought not simply to foretell the region’s future, but to explicate how its future foretold what was in store for the country as a whole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

The Augurey has a distinctive low and throbbing cry, which was once believed to foretell death.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

The deadly clashes seem anticlimactic, as the subtitle foretells who vanquished whom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This foretells of a world where hydrocarbons are substituted by other energy sources.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

If the coming days are anything like those of past years, analysts will try to make the case that the stock market’s performance at the beginning of January foretells its full-year direction.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

Montiel takes a while to tip his hand that he’s after something more emotionally complex than the first act foretells.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

The reality makeover competition foretold the era we live in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

When the Fed eased after a market rout, it was usually reacting to what the decline foretold.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Little is known about the saint who, according to legend, was born on a clifftop in Pembrokeshire during a violent storm, after angels foretold his birth to St Patrick 30 years prior.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

But I was there to push back against the old and damning narrative about being a black urban kid in America, the one that foretold failure and then hastened its arrival.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

England are due to make it to the semi-finals, with Portugal poised to knock them out two decades after they did in 2006 - though the model stops short of foretelling 'penalties, again'.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

In the dark recesses of the U.S. economy, price pressures are bubbling up and foretelling another wave of inflation.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

A viral thought experiment by Citrini Research foretelling mass white-collar unemployment, cratering consumer spending and financial contagion tapped into deep anxieties about the technology both on Wall Street and among the broader public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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