as in predicted
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession
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Two victories away from the franchise's first championship since 1973, Dolan went on WFAN today and predicted a Knicks title.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026 -
The young director tried to quit, then he was almost fired, and everybody predicted disaster.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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The title’s implied hi-jinks—Amish teens unleashing their suspenders and chugging BuzzBallz—belie the sound’s fragile electricity.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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More importantly, understand that expectations are often implied before they are stated.—
Mustafa Abdelmonem,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Drake foreshadowed one of the releases by erecting a giant sculpture of ice blocks in his native Toronto that, when melted, would reveal the date of Iceman’s drop.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
27 May 2026
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Perhaps the most eerie aspect of the new drone is how it was foreshadowed in the 2017 dark SF video Slaughterbots created by computer science professor Stuart Russell, as a warning against autonomous killer robots.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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These residential areas that, in the United States, grew significantly after World War II have been heralded as the embodiment of the American Dream as well as criticized as soulless bastions of homogeneity.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 June 2026
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Rarely has a 0-0 draw at a World Cup been so eagerly anticipated… and then celebrated.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The Newsom administration has attempted creative efforts to shrink CDCR’s budget, such as hiring outside consultants to find operations efficiencies, but those endeavors have resulted in less savings than initially anticipated.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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In July 1962, Froio prefigured her lifelong involvement with the Hamptons by writing a piece for WWD about what was selling at the boutiques in West Hampton, commenting on the merchandise at stores called Le Sorelle (The Sisters) and Treasure Trove.—
Lorna Koski,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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Projected on an obelisk, this narrowest of histories prefigured the commemorative distortions to follow.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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“Harbingered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harbingered. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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