as in predicted
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession
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Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won in the supporting category, as Peter had predicted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Tim Brinkhof The Past In 1909, a best-selling book predicted WWI would never happen.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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At one point Friday, futures markets implied a greater-than-even chance that the Fed could raise rates by the end of 2026, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Gerry Cardinale, the managing partner of RedBird Capital, the Ellisons’ partner in the bid, has publicly stated that foreign investment is a beneficial part of the trade and implied that the amount would be increased.—
Joseph M. Singer,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
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The nostalgic theme was further foreshadowed when McCartney took to his social media Wednesday to post a black-and-white photo of himself believed to be from the late ’50s.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bartch’s exit was foreshadowed Monday when the 49ers signed guard Robert Jones, 27, to a one-year deal.—
Eric Branch,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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So, too, are Mets fans, minus the blare of the trumpets that heralded another trip through the bullpen walls for Diaz.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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On the left, he’s heralded as the only voice capable of seducing young men disaffected by party politics.—
Abigail Sylvor Greenberg,
Vanity Fair,
20 Mar. 2026
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Congress anticipated those rising costs and debated extending the enhanced premium tax credits toward the end of last year.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Easter eggs leading to the announcement Swifties anticipated a music video would be coming sometime after the March 8 post by Taylor Nation, Swift's in-house marketing team.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Chess by telegraph also prefigured chess played through other means of telecommunications.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Dec. 2025
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