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

‘But you did not name the hour, nor foretell the manner of your coming. Strange help you bring. You are mighty in wizardry, Gandalf the White!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien