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foretold

adjective as in known beforehand

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  • boded
  • presaged
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Morrissey’s résumé foretold his vision: Old Smoke was a boxing champion, gangster, casino owner, gambler and future United States congressman.

“What we are seeing is a chronicle of a tragedy foretold,” she says.

Hitler’s plans were similarly feared and foretold before he cemented his grip on power.

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This is foretold at the start, when the opening card quotes a phrase from "Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War," another of Nguyen's works.

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Palestinians feared that the raid presaged a full-fledged ground invasion into Rafah, and that the high death toll foretold much more mourning ahead.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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