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Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

In her shifting reflection we see that changes in fashion foretell changes in politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Perhaps it’s bear markets that foretell better times.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Her name was Annie—“just Annie,” no surname—and she was “just an orphan,” a nobody, really, but she never let her impoverished origins foretell her fate.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2024

“Not very wise, Hermes. What proper employment can they engage in, that way? I foretell the future; Aesculapius cures diseases; you are a good messenger—but these two—are they to idle away their whole time?”

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

This foretells of a world where hydrocarbons are substituted by other energy sources.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The “Skyscraper Index” foretells tough times for a city or country that’s just built the world’s tallest one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

If the coming days are anything like those of past years, analysts will try to make the case that the stock market’s performance at the beginning of January foretells its full-year direction.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

"Additionally, our study revealed that multiyear La Niña are distinguished from single-year La Niña by a conspicuous onset rate, which foretells its accumulative intensity and climate impacts."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

An angel is thought to have foretold his birth to St Patrick, 30 years before it happened - although the exact date is believed to be some time between 462 and 515 AD.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Some claim that the stock market’s full-year direction is foretold by its performance on the first trading day of January; others focus on the first two days, and still others on the first week.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

To a remarkable degree, they foretold many of the failures that would beset L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

The red priest spoke of ancient prophecy, a prophecy that foretold the coming of a hero to deliver die world from darkness.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

England are due to make it to the semi-finals, with Portugal poised to knock them out two decades after they did in 2006 - though the model stops short of foretelling 'penalties, again'.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

In the dark recesses of the U.S. economy, price pressures are bubbling up and foretelling another wave of inflation.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

A viral thought experiment by Citrini Research foretelling mass white-collar unemployment, cratering consumer spending and financial contagion tapped into deep anxieties about the technology both on Wall Street and among the broader public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025

I think back to the foretelling I read in the Commandant’s office.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir