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Recent Examples of forebode 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 Among the Ukrainian troops, their work on these proving grounds appears to amplify a sense of confidence, rather than foreboding. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for forebode
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forebode
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  • Research and advisory firm Gartner predicted in February that by 2027, the average prices of application programming interfaces for genAI will fall to less than 1% of the current average price for the same technology.
    Bernice Ooi, CNBC, 26 June 2025
  • Hentschel also predicted fewer new apartments will get built and that demand for commercial warehouse space will increase, pushing up rents.
    Jeff Collins, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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  • That is rich, coming from a presidential administration that promised to fight bureaucracy.
    Emma Collum, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • Del Mar will commence the start of its summer season on July 18 with a celebration that promises eye-catching arrays of color, lively music, bountiful beverages, and swift horses practically flying down the homestretch.
    Kelley Carlson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Attentive, Personalized Service From the moment guests arrive, attentive doormen and reception staff recognize them by name and go out of their way to anticipate and address their needs.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Trade tensions could worsen and tariffs could escalate, some analysts said, while noting the difficulty of anticipating exactly where the levies will land.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 June 2025
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  • While the door-kicking challenge has existed for years, multiple agencies have issued recent warnings, indicating a possible uptick in the trend this summer.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
  • So far, there's nothing to indicate any criminality Carl DeFazio, formerly of the NYPD, was brought on as the private investigator in the case.
    July 5, CBS News, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Kicking off Independence Day weekend, Friday is forecast to be sunny with a high of 89.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
  • In addition, according to FactSet, technology sector earnings are expected to grow at 18% in 2025, while the S&P 500’s earnings are forecast to rise by about 9.1% year-over-year.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

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