as in predicted
to give a slight indication of beforehand
a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day
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Recent Examples of foreshadowed
And who is the opposite force that Breezy foreshadowed?
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Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Your character also returns to Italy, hiding under a blanket, which was a moment foreshadowed in the very beginning.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The shift followed bipartisan calls to strengthen America’s semiconductor industry amid rising technological competition with China—a sentiment that foreshadowed the federal government’s own historic actions.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Those rules foreshadowed the sweeping approach now poised to become law.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Froome’s contract with the Israel-Premier Tech professional cycling team expires at the end of this year, according to the BBC, which reported that he’s previously foreshadowed that 2025 could be his last year as a professional cyclist.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Thursday’s heavy workload — eight carries, six receptions — further foreshadowed a bounce-back season from the 49ers’ offensive catalyst.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Both players’ scathing assessment of Richardson foreshadowed a roller coaster 2024 campaign that was a lot more down than up.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2025
But as the emotion of her goodbye foreshadowed, Lauper was going to give her all to her art and give everything from her heart.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Your character also returns to Italy, hiding under a blanket, which was a moment foreshadowed in the very beginning.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
The shift followed bipartisan calls to strengthen America’s semiconductor industry amid rising technological competition with China—a sentiment that foreshadowed the federal government’s own historic actions.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Those rules foreshadowed the sweeping approach now poised to become law.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Froome’s contract with the Israel-Premier Tech professional cycling team expires at the end of this year, according to the BBC, which reported that he’s previously foreshadowed that 2025 could be his last year as a professional cyclist.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Thursday’s heavy workload — eight carries, six receptions — further foreshadowed a bounce-back season from the 49ers’ offensive catalyst.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Both players’ scathing assessment of Richardson foreshadowed a roller coaster 2024 campaign that was a lot more down than up.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2025
But as the emotion of her goodbye foreshadowed, Lauper was going to give her all to her art and give everything from her heart.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadowed
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Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, said in a blog post on Wednesday that the currency intervention has failed and predicted a 15%-30% plunge for the peso is highly likely if voters reject Milei again.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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This work had found geomagnetic storms occurring during periods when no solar eruptions were predicted to hit Earth.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The onset of the Great Depression, which hit Germany’s fragile economy harder than most, heralded a rapid rise in street brawls among these groups.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Springsteen felt after Born to Run put him on the covers of both Time and Newsweek the same week, and heralded rock and roll’s next superstar.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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Your 2018 book, The Lies That Bind, seems to have prefigured the backlash against a certain way of talking about identity—as essential or at least fixed—that was prevalent in the 2010s.—
Lula Konner,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the caption in one of her posts implied she's been dating the person since 2019.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu publicly implied for the first time Friday that not all of the deceased hostages held captive in Gaza will return, underscoring previous assessments that Hamas may not be able to find and return all of their remains.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The New York Yankees pivoted from the loss of Juan Soto better than just about anyone anticipated, but that didn't fully remove the shock.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The final remedy is anticipated to be available in June 2026.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Those with clout in various spheres coalesced into one clubby circle, and fell prey to a groupthink that foresaw riches for everyone, without consequences.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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As for the rest of our readers’ predictions, 20% foresaw the grand prize going to freestyler Chris Turner, while 14% threw their support behind Jourdan Blue‘s velvety voice and even velvetier hair.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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