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Soothsayers stake reputations on whether Moonlight will spoil La La Land’s expected sweep, or whether Denzel Washington will pip Casey Affleck.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2017

Soothsayers are always in attendance, and for a small sum one may know his future.

From An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China by Conger, Emily Bronson

By the name of Osiris," he said, "here be those Soothsayers of the Apura once again.

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

Do not the hist'ries of all ages 685 Relate miraculous presages, Of strange turns in the world's affairs, Foreseen b' Astrologers, Soothsayers, Chaldeans, learn'd Genethliacks, And some that have writ almanacks?

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel

Soothsayers and fortune-tellers were consulted to see if by their jugglery they could not reveal the word that had been hidden away so carefully so that none should know its secret.

From Sidelights on Chinese Life by Macgowan, J. (John)