Nostradamus
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Buzz that he was an AI Nostradamus helped the effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
BBC Sport caught up with Duncanson and Fynn to reflect on their Nostradamus moment - and get their take on where our national game will be 10 years from now.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Throw in the affordability crisis — from food to energy bills — and you have an economic outlook that Nostradamus would be hard pressed to predict.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
And on election night, as his prophecies came true one after another, he got upgraded from “I don’t know this guy but I hope against hope that he’s right” to Nostradamus.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2024
Once, while he was in the latrine, I sneaked into his spice-scented hideaway and rifled through a stack of Rosicrucian literature and a book by Nostradamus.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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