prophecy
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The landscape was bleak even before Macbeth heard the fateful prophecy and embarked on his murderous adventure—Ms. Proske’s production suggests that the impulse toward tyranny never ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many parts of the Pacific today hold deep-rooted beliefs in Old Testament prophecy, which holds that Jews are destined to one day return to the Land of Israel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The prophecy also claims that the fated twins have the power to command daemons, supernatural beings with unearthly abilities.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The U.S. team’s history of underachievement has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ares would save Henry, and the prophecy would be fulfilled.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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
Warren Buffett once called him a Cassandra—the mythological Trojan priestess whose grim prophecies were ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
"If you keep looking at your age, you go back to these self-fulfilling prophecies," Peters says.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Only time could prove the Foretelling right or wrong, unless it was, as I expected, one of those admirable professional prophecies applicable to any outcome.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Hate U Give
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Friday the 13th
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