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also forboded
as in promised
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
the dry summer doesn't forebode well for the harvest
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Keiko Fujimori promised to build four prisons and another similar to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center known as the CECOT, and to force prisoners to work in the prisons.
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These have been promised for some time, and the community is watching closely.
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But Graham does fit an archetype of front-office construction that has boded well for other organizations, particularly in his willingness to invest in a more modern approach to roster building.
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That boded well for a 2008 conversation at Seiller's home.
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“Foreboded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreboded. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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