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We cannot foretell the future.
a 16th-century astrologer who, some claim, accurately foretold 20th-century events
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The Sibyl appears in the epigraph of The Wasteland, unable to foretell her own death.
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Oberon’s strides foretold the ability of Dev Patel, of Gujarati descent, to assume the title role in The Personal History of David Copperfield, based on the Charles Dickens novel.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2025
Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust litigation that would rattle a hockey world already coming to terms with the NCAA allowing more junior players to join Division I college teams.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and soon before his own, the symphony is a sombre, reflective, and reverberant adieu, brewing such melancholy that Leonard Bernstein theorized that Mahler was foretelling his own end.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Oberon’s strides foretold the ability of Dev Patel, of Gujarati descent, to assume the title role in The Personal History of David Copperfield, based on the Charles Dickens novel.
—Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2025
Kessler’s hiring could foretell antitrust litigation that would rattle a hockey world already coming to terms with the NCAA allowing more junior players to join Division I college teams.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and soon before his own, the symphony is a sombre, reflective, and reverberant adieu, brewing such melancholy that Leonard Bernstein theorized that Mahler was foretelling his own end.
—The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Foretell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foretell. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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