Example Sentences

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Also, if I was predicting a game between the two teams back then, I would have been very confident and said I could only see a Lionesses win.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

Still, before Bass left town, the regional branch of the National Weather Service was predicting critical fire conditions, verbiage that shifted to “extreme fire weather conditions” on Jan. 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

They were asking me — there was a man in California, I can't remember his name, who was predicting that the end time was coming and he was getting a lot of media attention.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

Without the settlement and some other one-time costs, the railroad said it would have made $2.39 per share while Wall Street was predicting earnings of $2.60 per share.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Maria Martinez was predicting storm surges of over ten feet.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz