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What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

It obviously did not; indeed, it could not have foreseen the widespread adoption of mail voting well over a century later.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

And it could not have been foreseen then how much further there was still to fall, with Andrew experiencing the most public loss of status for a royal in modern history.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Few economists at the start of 2025 could have foreseen the degree to which the AI-investment boom would power the economy past any negative effects from tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Then it all came to pass as Wang Lung had foreseen.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck