as in to anticipate
to realize or know about beforehand
what couple can possibly foreknow the trials and tribulations that marriage will bring?
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That’s the threshold where extreme heat, storms, and droughts become more intense, more frequent, and more challenging to anticipate using outdated models built on decades of relatively stable climate risk trends.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025 -
The journalists from El Faro who broke the story fled the country before it was published, anticipating arrest.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 60 mph and penny-sized hail (0.75 inches) are foreseen.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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But these were either not available or not deployed quickly enough at the air bases targeted by Ukraine on Sunday – most likely because Russia simply didn’t foresee this type of attack.—
Benjamin Brown,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Something like our turbulence prediction module might someday be inserted into bigger climate models that can do better at predicting things like hurricanes.—
Steve Nadis,
Wired News,
1 June 2025
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Spinrad visited Southern California in late May and was taken aback by the number of people raising concern over the agency’s ability to continue predicting atmospheric river events, with all of their implications on public safety, reservoir operations and hydro power.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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“Foreknow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreknow. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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