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Recent Examples of soothsaying
Noun
It’s told in flashback to Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara, by the soothsaying mandrill Rafiki, with the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa goofing on the sidelines. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024 Does Nashawaty, in his soothsaying capacity, even have the right decade? Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 But it was powered by profound public discontent with Argentina’s sclerotic status quo, especially from a generation of younger voters who have seen little relief from years of endemic fiscal crisis and debt, and have no more patience for the appeals and soothsaying of the establishment. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023 For now, earthquakes remains the trickiest natural disaster to predict, but our earthquake soothsaying is improving, as geologists uncover the subtle secrets of the world-shaking movements along Earth’s many fault lines. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2023 During the panel, Travers asked O’Dowd about Dusty’s reaction to the soothsaying device. H. Drew Blackburn, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023 And this soothsaying is anything but soothing. Jacob Oller, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020 By the 17th century, English almanacs in particular were predicting plagues, earthquakes and other calamities with such profligacy that an industry of satirical almanacs sprang up to mock the earnest soothsaying of the others. Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2020 Now, with the latest episode out, those fans can rest easy — taking on the role of a soothsaying sorceress to deliver a hilarious commencement speech, Raja finally won her first star. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soothsaying
Noun
  • More Hall of Fame predictions: Will Deontay Wilder Be A Boxing Hall Of Famer? Will Regis Prograis Be A Boxing Hall Of Famer?
    Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • And the early prediction is that the Patriots bank on getting more out of Polk than Bourne, who will turn 30 during training camp.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That helps combat the urban heat island effect, where an abundance of manmade surfaces like parking lots, sidewalks and streets absorb and hold onto heat and produce temperatures several degrees hotter than the overall temperature forecast.
    Madeline Heim, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The scale of duties announced in April, along with the volatility injected by subsequent updates and reversals in policy, have so far exceeded even the most bearish forecasts.
    Jenni Reid,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There’s dread in the hoodoo prophecy that says some blues voices like Sammie’s can unite the living and the dead, like Orpheus.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Convinced that these were signs of the Second Coming, Parham sought to hasten Christ’s return by training his followers in gifts of the spirit like those found in the Acts of the Apostles—everything from faith healing and prophecy to glossolalia.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Coming from Illinois, things start out slow, but the scenery kicks into high gear once the train crosses through Raton Pass from Colorado into New Mexico, where you’ll likely be treated to a wondrous desert sunset that turns the skies sherbet orange.
    Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Well, leave it to Disney to provide the golden ticket to a wondrous habitat few human observers have been able to access.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • One minor injury was reported in the extraordinary mishap.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In the following months, Modi’s government introduced a series of extraordinary initiatives meant to solidify Hindu dominance.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Opulent, But Moreover Confident Before slapping on the Manufaktur-rich veneer of opulence, the 2025 Mercedes G550 is a stupendous SUV.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Adebayo was stupendous early; Herro was magnificent in the second half.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the astonishing dialectical power of the moment.
    D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Tom Hanks narrates this examination of the astonishing variety of life on a supercontinent stretching from northern Canada to the bottom of South America.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • All of this is made possible through the elegant, limitlessly expressive writing system that is musical notation, which is as miraculous as the alphabet itself, and can be used for purposes every bit as varied.
    Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
  • From $280 Book now This transformation of the historic and stately National Bank into the Riggs hotel is nearly miraculous.
    Laura Dannen Redman, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025

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