as in foreshadows
to give a slight indication of beforehand
the first crocus traditionally prefigures the arrival of spring
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Opening with ominous footage of electrical towers and power lines trembling in high winds, the film swiftly foreshadows the disaster with drone shots of small towns surrounded by miles of forest.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
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Dido’s wonderfully operatic dying curse on her former lover foreshadows the future wars between her people and the descendants of the treacherous Trojans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The current forecast predicts the storm will move into the central and northwestern Bahamas through the weekend.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts a warmer-than-normal fall with below-average rainfall for Tennessee.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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That implies more than 19% upside from Wednesday's close.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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Because the broad thrust of Powell’s speech contained worries about the softening labor market, which implies the Fed will stay on its rate-cutting path in the near term.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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What Happens Next As AI disrupts the hiring process across different industries, Thompson anticipates more companies could pull back on hiring altogether.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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Shell anticipates that growing to roughly 240 in the future.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Sep. 2025
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Production has wrapped on director Michael May‘s horror feature Where Darkness Dwells, which heralds from the producers of genre movies including Shelby Oaks and 12 Hour Shift.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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The independent Fed has been one of the pillars of the globalised world system of the past forty years – and the snuffing out of its independence heralds the unravelling of that system.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Prefigures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prefigures. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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