Foreseen
Likely and foreseen are semantically related in expected topic. In some cases you can use "Likely" instead an adjective "Foreseen", when it comes to topics like anticipated.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The former is likely an Unknown Unknown he couldn't have expected and the latter is a Known Unknown: he knew about who was involved but hadn't foreseen how they could do anything to stop him at that point.
Source: Didn't See That Coming -
Keep in mind, given what we find out in The Movie, Cooper had already foreseen Laura's death and Gordon Cole likely informed him beforehand that he was working on a Blue Rose case.
Source: Series / Twin Peaks
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