as in foreshadowing
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the moral decay that traditionally foreruns the decline of a mighty empire
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The fire in his eyes would rage suddenly, with only a few embers of Mature Vic foreshadowing Angry Vic’s arrival.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
13 May 2026 -
Bathrooms are expansive and clad in white marble, foreshadowing the scale of the sublime spa across the street.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Longer days are finally here, heralding the start of spring.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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AccuWeather is predicting the number of 90-degree days to be near or above the historical average in Boston, Chicago, New York City and Philadelphia.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Each week since the season began in August, four of us — an algorithm, a guest subscriber on rotation, Wilfred and I — have been predicting the Premier League results with varying degrees of success.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Kreutzer cuts clunkily and repeatedly between the ongoing crises in two households, presumably implying that the men in these women’s lives are all tarred with the same patriarchal brush.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Both Ju-ran and Un-jeong cough up blood during the final fight, implying that their days may be numbered.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Aviation’s safety culture is built around anticipating failure, not responding to it.—
Andrew Rogers,
Washington Post,
14 May 2026
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Tudor maintained that Kinsky would play again for Spurs, perhaps even this season, something not even the most optimistic of Tottenham fans would have been eagerly anticipating.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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“Forerunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forerunning. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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