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Cassandra

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as in doomsayer
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction

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“Cassandra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Cassandra. Accessed 6 Dec. 2022.

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