prophesy

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When we set out to make this film, No Choice, we hoped to imagine a plausible future — not to prophesy our present reality.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

The crowd, composed mostly of New York and L.A. rap cognoscenti who had invented or dominated the genre, jeered, nearly heckling Outkast offstage — but not before André reeled off a prophesy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

One of their three unreleased songs Love In The City could almost be a prophesy of what befell them.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022

Coming from a top central bank official, a prediction that the economy is headed for tough times might become a self-fulfilling prophesy, shattering already fragile confidence.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

“But if we could only get her to prophesy now, she might tell us something important.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander