come to pass
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The bottom line: Prediction markets are being seriously skewed by what their whales are hoping will be the case rather than what they truly believe will come to pass.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Yet two decades after Yunus’s Nobel win, few of those aspirations have come to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
At this point, no one knows whether a salary cap might actually come to pass, or whether an all-the-teams, all-the-time media outlet might come to pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Even if that hadn’t come to pass, other threats are already present in our lives.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Hesterfowl’s warbling voice returned to memory: I have seen visions that did not come to pass… when the choices we make leave the Universe with none.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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