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On Nov. 24, 1874, Glidden was awarded Patent No. 157,124, which he prophetically named “The Winner.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Poetically and almost prophetically, the post said, “Malibu is on fire and the animals have been driven down from the hills to the shore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
He wrote, prophetically, "Oasis are going to be big - mark my wordz."
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
In 1973, then Academy president Walter Mirisch said, prophetically, that they were celebrating the young people who “will be taking our places.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
As the six million visitors to London’s Great Exhibition of 1851 were prophetically promised, the future was about two things: technology and the world beyond Europe.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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