foreseen

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

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Yet in 1980 could Carter’s administration have foreseen the catastrophic consequences of its decision not to attack Iran?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He could never have foreseen that a year and a half later, he’d be playing for a longtime Giants rival, already at the third stop of his young career.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

He did what he did in Vasquez Perdomo; he should have foreseen the consequences.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2025

But he had not foreseen that whereas she would be silent of Lotus, her anger would find its vent against Cuckoo.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck