soothsay
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But, he added, the ability to soothsay where a young man is going to be five years from now requires the scout to dig even deeper.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2016
A regular monthly column, for example, is called "Haruspex," for the Roman soothsay ers who divined the future by poking through the entrails of sacrificial animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
So much she said to Heriolf, but she had not ended her soothsay.
From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
V. predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate†, tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
He began to soothsay whether he should go or not.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Not thankful: All the hand-wringing and apocalyptic soothsaying about how artificial intelligence is a Pandora’s box that will steal our jobs and ultimately spell our doom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Kathryn Hunter is downright otherworldly as all three of the shape-shifting, soothsaying weird sisters.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
At least this is definitive proof that The Post doesn’t pay me for soothsaying.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2017
This soothsaying language extended beyond just media outlets.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2016
“Go ahead with your singing and soothsaying, folks,” Old Timothy said.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
