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prophecy

[prof-uh-see] / ˈprɒf ə si /


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Perhaps that was a self-negating prophecy, since warnings like his might have helped put the country on alert and prevented attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 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

Before her death in 1993, Mabel McKay — one of the last living dreamers of the Pomo Indian people — shared a prophecy while driving through the Sonoma hills.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

“The prophecy mentions twelve beings. Only two are described as Overlanders. You and your father fill that number,” said Solovet.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Mr. Sutton weaves these forms of 1970s Christianity together by explaining that their various exponents used ancient prophecies to understand the nation’s “Christian destiny.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 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

"Family bonds, ancient prophecies, and the sacred line of succession will be tested in a dangerous campaign for power. Who will survive? Who will rise?"

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

One sign of the fictional nature of this line of thinking is the way prophecies of the end of the world are routinely, in Kermode’s words, “disconfirmed without being discredited.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2025

Using his powers as a Shapeshifter and a Prophet, he’d give other enslaved people hope with his prophecies about freedom and his stories about the legendary tricks he’d pull on slave masters.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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