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foreshadow

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as in to prefigure
to give a slight indication of beforehand a series of small tremors that foreshadowed the massive earthquake the next day

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“Foreshadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreshadow. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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