oracle
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We have traded the library for an oracle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
When Paul the Octopus predicted all of Germany's results correctly at the 2010 World Cup, he was hailed by the world as an oracle.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
It doesn’t take an oracle to see there just might be an opportunity in Oracle.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
But they also lead new professors to become glued to that position in the room, reifying the power imbalance that already exists: professor as oracle, center-front at the microphone.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024
But fortunately, here again, there seemed to be no logical reason to believe that that mystery could have any connection with the mystery of the oracle.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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