foreseen

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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

"I am sure that you could and should have reasonably foreseen the risk," said Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“There may be, in the future, some slowdown. We cannot predict it. But a change in the scope of the project is not foreseen at the moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams