foretelling

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That marvelous lighted scene, foretelling the end of Europe’s deadliest period, has stayed with me all these years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

A foretelling of last earthly smells, whether for the hunted or the hunter.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

A number of religious sects arose foretelling the end of days.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Or perhaps the witches’ prophecy that he’s about to hear, the one foretelling his rise to the throne, has already begun to unmoor him from reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021

“By your own foretelling this world will change, and within five years.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin