foretell

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It doesn’t foretell exogenous shocks, but many successful traders watch such measures of so-called market internals along with fundamentals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

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

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

What if she was like one of those evil fairy godmothers in a fairy tale, about to foretell an innocent baby’s doom?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix