as in to promise
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school
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Recent Examples of bode
The Bucs hope that switching up the coaching staff, adding more reinforcements through free agency and most importantly, keeping the main leader in place, could bode well for 2026.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Netflix’s George Clooney vehicle is also showbiz-focused, which usually bodes well for its awards prospects.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
Johnson’s speed and Jackson’s production at Seminole Ridge in Fort Lauderdale bode well.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
With the transition to 2026, the Year of the Horse bodes a different kind of energy, one marked by intense forward momentum, which sounds equal parts exciting and scary.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Netflix’s George Clooney vehicle is also showbiz-focused, which usually bodes well for its awards prospects.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026
Johnson’s speed and Jackson’s production at Seminole Ridge in Fort Lauderdale bode well.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
With the transition to 2026, the Year of the Horse bodes a different kind of energy, one marked by intense forward momentum, which sounds equal parts exciting and scary.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
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Suamataia’s performance was promising enough that Kansas City moved Thuney to the Chicago Bears in March.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Leo, who has promised to keep Francis' signature policies such as welcoming gay Catholics and discussing women's ordination, echoed his predecessor's frequent criticisms of the global economic system during his remarks on Tuesday.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Nile is skeletal like Jared Kushner; his thinness is foreboding, marking a disavowal of all that is sensual.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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The windowless hallways are narrow in the federal building that houses this immigration court, and the agents’ stocky bodies are foreboding in the tight corridors.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Bode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bode. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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