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The bottom line: Prediction markets are being seriously skewed by what their whales are hoping will be the case rather than what they truly believe will come to pass.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Yet two decades after Yunus’s Nobel win, few of those aspirations have come to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

At this point, no one knows whether a salary cap might actually come to pass, or whether an all-the-teams, all-the-time media outlet might come to pass.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

That, to put it lightly, is not what many of these students have seen, and they reasonably do not appear to think that will come to pass.

From Slate May 20, 2026

He told her that what he had promised would surely come to pass.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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