Example Sentences

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But that has happened this year thanks to a showdown few would have predicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Those indicators, which have predicted movements in consumer sentiment, have lost their explanatory power recently.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Liverpool splashed out £450m last summer to make the team worse, while few could have predicted Mohamed Salah's form falling off a cliff and into public acrimony with Slot.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Since the 1970s, scientists have predicted the existence of a third type of particle known as an anyon, which falls somewhere between a boson and a fermion.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

How could I ever have predicted the circumstances of this moment—this particular night, this particular place, this particular boy.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera