prophetic
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Ninety years after Ford tried to persuade skeptical reporters to eat soybean pie, his obsession with the crop looks less eccentric than prophetic.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
It’s simultaneously jazzy and vulgar, wry and prophetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Speaking to Messi during a news conference in New York, NFL legend Tom Brady called the photos "very prophetic".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
O’Connor’s South—influenced as much by Hawthorne as by Faulkner—is a metaphysical realm of spiritual deformity and, at moments, shocking prophetic insight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Her body had come back, her boat had been found with its queer prophetic name, Je Reviens, but l was free of her forever.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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