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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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Without additional revenue, the IBA predicts that the PUD will need to cut its expenses by slashing either its operating costs — likely by cutting staff — or its spending on capital improvements.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Initial estimates predicted two to three years, and design work only began in December, the city said.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Sep. 2025
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For her part, Catalina doesn’t seem like the bruja we were promised.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 2019, the 37-year-old Bukele ran for president as a populist outsider promising to defeat crime and corruption in a nation with one of the world’s worst homicide rates and a history of former presidents being charged with crimes.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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That bodes well for spending in the coming months.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Colas said that instances of such low correlation do not bode well for investors.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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The owners anticipate the new Muskego location will open at the beginning of 2026, though an official date has not been set.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Residents can anticipate wind gusts of up to 50 mph.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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During the meeting, Dexter Brady, the housing authority's deputy director, indicated that a tentative refinancing deal for debt tied to the Madison Heights apartment complex has not been finalized.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Sep. 2025
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Comey’s former deputy Andrew McCabe, however, has indicated that Comey authorized the leak to a reporter.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The disturbance is then forecast to tract northwestward over the southwestern Atlantic, officials said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most of Ohio is forecasted to have pleasantly warm daytime temperatures and cool evenings this weekend.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Forebode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forebode. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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