foretell

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Social media is awash in content about the arcane: how-tos for spellcasting, psychics claiming to foretell the future and endless posts about casting out demons.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

“Oh, I see. A rabbit I knew once. He used to foretell the weather and so on.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams