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also forbode
as in to predict
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest
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Recent Examples of forebode
But are these fantastical, often foreboding musical sequences just in Arthur’s head, or somehow a deeper connection between the two?
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite the difficulty, in some cases the stakes are so high—as with North Korea and its nuclear weapons—that armies will have no choice but to take the fight to what is often a vast, foreboding underworld.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
There are foreboding close-ups on clock faces and their fast-changing digits.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 June 2023
That Wells Fargo win, in May at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., had come against a foreboding list of rivals whose surnames — McIlroy and Spieth, Scott and Day — were bywords for golfing brilliance even before Clark finished college.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 19 June 2023
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite the difficulty, in some cases the stakes are so high—as with North Korea and its nuclear weapons—that armies will have no choice but to take the fight to what is often a vast, foreboding underworld.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
There are foreboding close-ups on clock faces and their fast-changing digits.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 June 2023
That Wells Fargo win, in May at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., had come against a foreboding list of rivals whose surnames — McIlroy and Spieth, Scott and Day — were bywords for golfing brilliance even before Clark finished college.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 19 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forebode
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Before all that happened, though, there was the eight-course dinner, which went totally fine as predicted.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Explore Fall, a website that provides resources and tools to track the changing colors of leaves, is predicting an earlier and quicker fall foliage peak for the millions of people looking to see this year's natural spectacle.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Trump promised during the 2024 presidential campaign to release the files in their entirety and Patel before taking the FBI job had pushed unsubstantiated claims about who was in them.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But experts said insufficient oversight has undermined the protections promised to visa holders.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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That may bode poorly for others in the conference, considering Joe Burrow and company still finished 9-8 or better in each of those previous years.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Taken together, this doesn’t bode well for the nation’s birth rate.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Webb regularly shares videos of Kota's antics on social media, but this heartwarming video of Kota's reaction has certainly captured far more attention than anticipated.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Economists polled by FactSet had been anticipating a minor improvement in consumer sentiment from August.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2016, court filings indicate Gamez Lira was charged with possession of marijuana but ultimately pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after the charges were reduced.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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Authorities revealed that bullet casings recovered at the scene included antifascist messaging, and online messages and additional evidence from the suspect, Tyler Robinson, indicate he may have been driven by Leftist ideology.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Simon-Kucher also has a new holiday shopping report, which surveyed consumers in July, and is forecasting Gen Z shoppers to reduce their holiday shopping budget by only 1%, from $814 to $805, while Millennials will be spending 14% more year over year.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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While dry weather conditions are still forecast during the day, some light rain may occur at night.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Sep. 2025
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