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The author often visited Prospect Terrace Park, where Roger Williams rests in peace — just as providence had divined.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2019

Over the next few weeks the Fed tried to build those concerns into its policy stance, but it became clear the situation was more fragile than they had divined.

From Reuters • Feb. 22, 2019

Whether intuitively or after careful study, General Abizaid had divined something important indeed.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2018

He told me that, after examining closeups of the three scanned Caravaggios on computer screens, he had divined some of the Baroque master’s secrets.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016

Syme, however, had divined what he was about to say.

From "1984" by George Orwell