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In March, the market did experience a broadening many investors had foreseen, though not in the direction most wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And its 18,515 new orders, a measure of contract signings, came in below the 18,666 consensus had foreseen.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Many had foreseen the NFP's difficulties in agreeing on a prime ministerial candidate.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

Sure enough, as Graves had foreseen, in August of last year the judge sided with the Latino plaintiffs.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

At the beginning of December the long-awaited interview, which many had foreseen as an interminable argument, was resolved in less than an hour.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez