foreboders

noun

plural of foreboder
as in foreshadowers

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  1. forerunners
  2. precursors
  3. harbingers
  4. heralds
  5. outriders
  6. angels
  7. announcers
  8. messengers
Noun
  • Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • One of the forerunners today in Madeira and the Azores is António Maçanita from Azores Wine Company.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of forerunners
Noun
  • The ideology of Third Worldism and the New Agey, anything-goes-style progressivism of the West Coast that Naipaul so keenly lacerates were necessary precursors to the mass death in Guyana.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit, or microchip, and the handheld calculator—early precursors of AI.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of precursors
Noun
  • The world looked to the social elite as the ultimate harbingers of style trends and sophistication, giving them a cultural cache and, in turn, a sense of power.
    — Moises Mendez II, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • If canaries in coal mines were harbingers of safe conditions, surely piping plovers at Waukegan Beach mean the city is overcoming its polluted past.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Definition of harbingers
Noun
  • The heralds operate like independent contractors, with their own caseloads.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
  • The reason is that the 1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello’s arrival was one of the heralds of the Ferrari of today, the one building cars with both world-beating performance and everyday usability.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
Definition of heralds
Noun
  • His deputies and outriders are not quite so deft.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Churchill Downs outriders, jockey agents, jockeys Florent Geroux and Julian Leperoux, as well as members of Lukas' barn staff also sat in the crowd.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of outriders
Noun
  • Shortly after securing its first check, Popl raised a friends-and-family round backed by a couple of early angels, including Jason’s father and Popl advisor, Mike Alvarez Cohen.
    — Partner Content, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • Valor’s Antonio Gracias, HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, and Cognition CEO Scott Wu are among the angels.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • Green was lauded by the ESPN announcers multiple times during the week for her defense and speed, comparing her to Jayda Coleman, a four-time College World Series champion at Oklahoma.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The announcers continued to call out Fletcher’s lack of urgency in between moves.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of announcers
Noun
  • Many occur naturally in the body and act as chemical messengers, influencing metabolism, inflammation, reproduction and other physiological processes.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Definition of messengers
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