fortune-teller

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Recent Examples of fortune-teller There’s no fee per se, the fortune tellers do expect a small gratuity. Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 When the fortune teller’s predictions start to materialize, once cynical Gemma is ready to take a leap of faith. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 June 2025 The grounds will drip and scatter, and this is what the fortune teller will analyze to determine your fortune. Tyler Shane, Wired News, 31 May 2025 Ariana asks Iain, who is dressed like a fortune teller. Angel Saunders, People.com, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fortune-teller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortune-teller
Noun
  • That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The diviner then asks a question in a yes-or-no format while tapping the enclosure to encourage the spider or crab to emerge.
    Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Just four years after graduating, Aschenbrenner is holding private discussions with tech CEOs, investors, and policymakers who treat him as a kind of prophet of the AI age.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • He was named one of the church's top governing bodies in 1984, and became its leader and prophet in 2018, at the age of 93.
    Richard Hall, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • La Niña can help forecasters create extended winter outlooks that favor drier and warmer conditions, but the season could still unfold differently than expected.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Jerry was struggling to organize into a hurricane as forecasters previously predicted might happen toward the end of the week.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025

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