crystal ball

Example Sentences

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“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

As long as investors remain desperate for a crystal ball to show how AI will affect the world as we know it—the volatility will persist.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

But unless you have an unusually good crystal ball about when the next bear market will begin, there’s no reason to change your investment strategy for making money in the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

If we hadn’t already predicted she was going to break it for Richard Gere’s financier, this bubbly moment was our crystal ball glimpse into their eventual happy ending.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Theirs was a well-stocked nursery indeed, thanks to their former governess, but a crystal ball was not an everyday classroom item, even in Miss Lumley’s day.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood