crystal ball

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"Without a crystal ball nobody can know what is going to happen" to producers' and farmers' costs at the moment these contracts are signed.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

My crystal ball isn’t better than yours, but I can tell you that both companies, and the investors who buy their shares, will be joining a giant experiment, revenue-wise, market-wise, and politics-wise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“We don’t have a crystal ball, because we’re still at war,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“If I had a crystal ball I could tell you now what is going to happen,” Heimo Schirgi, the World Cup chief operating officer for FIFA, said Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Presently the crystal ball was before her, on its own pedestal.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck