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Speech-act theory explains why predictions like these can become self-fulfilling prophecies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Indeed, in both cases, followers of the dead prophets are constantly finding new meaning in old prophecies.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Forgive me, but I have seen and heard prophecies emanating from what must be the same Doomsday Machine before.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

"If you keep looking at your age, you go back to these self-fulfilling prophecies," Peters says.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

You may have destroyed my chances of using Cedric to darken the world but maybe you’re right, Scorpius—maybe prophecies can be prevented, maybe prophecies can be broken.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling



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