foretold

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The extravagant and perhaps exaggerated promises of artificial superintelligence always foretold this outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Some claim that the stock market’s full-year direction is foretold by its performance on the first trading day of January; others focus on the first two days, and still others on the first week.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

To a remarkable degree, they foretold many of the failures that would beset L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

His three under par on the front nine of the second day at the North was noteworthy, but hardly foretold a round that would go into lore.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

As Gwydion had foretold, the rest of the morning brought many new arrivals.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander