as in to predict
to give a slight indication of beforehand
a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day
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Recent Examples of foreshadow
Momentum can often foreshadow resolve.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Hernandez added a two-out RBI double that inning – foreshadowing the fifth-inning explosion.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the film is also a vision of a time pregnant with radical change, with Michèle’s dramatic leap off course foreshadowing the imminent crisis of the Francosphere.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Jermaine Fowler plays Randall, Lester’s replacement at the Arconia, but (to foreshadow a bit) the ideas Martin alluded to will also come into play later in the season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Hernandez added a two-out RBI double that inning – foreshadowing the fifth-inning explosion.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Moreover, the film is also a vision of a time pregnant with radical change, with Michèle’s dramatic leap off course foreshadowing the imminent crisis of the Francosphere.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
Jermaine Fowler plays Randall, Lester’s replacement at the Arconia, but (to foreshadow a bit) the ideas Martin alluded to will also come into play later in the season.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshadow
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Let’s tie it all together by predicting that the first meeting of the season between Toronto and Philadelphia gets well and truly out of control … which by today’s standards means there are three fights in the game.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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High geopolitical volatility makes predicting the market’s future even more difficult than usual, a Reuters columnist argued.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Andersen’s story may have prefigured this moment, although no major actor in the war wants to be the boy.—
MICHAEL KIMMAGE,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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This early embrace of mechanical rhythm prefigured what would later become a foundation of hip-hop and electronic music.—
Jose Valentino Ruiz,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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The most significant jump in imports into Italy was from China, up 18 percent in the period, implying that many fast fashion players are gaining Italians over.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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After praising the male LGBTQIA+ members of their friendship circle, Consuelos then implied a wilder theory about the heterosexual female friends in Ripa's life.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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This could herald an end not just to the acute suffering under this war, but also to the misery that has prevailed in the Strip, especially since 2007, when Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade in response to Hamas’s violent takeover of the territory.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Soon after, the fall of the Berlin Wall would herald the end of the Cold War.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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With more accurate, timely, and localized weather predictions, companies can better anticipate disruptions, allocate necessary resources, and mitigate risks to supply chains.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva told Newsweek that AccuWeather anticipates hurricane season to ramp up during its last two months, after a lull in activity over the summer.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In between, works by contemporaries complicate superficial ideas about his meteoric genius, and small, delicate drawings teem with an abundance of ideas — paintings never made, thoughts adumbrated then abandoned.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
18 Oct. 2019
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Nothing in America’s tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster.—
Heather Mac Donald,
National Review,
22 Aug. 2019
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That’s the grim reality that state and regional transportation planners foresee by the time the Valley has surpassed 1 million residents in 2050.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Eagles were not eager to bring him back this season, potentially foreseeing a contract issue and apparently believing his production was replaceable.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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