as in feel
a feeling that something bad will happen
she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day
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Recent Examples of premonition
However, this wasn't an exact premonition of what would happen over the next 17 holes.
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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Some fans theorized this dream was a premonition of her death and the film employed purposeful symbolism.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Her premonition also saves jazz singer Evie (Natasha Burnett) and her son, the legendary William Bludworth.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
Just give us a new lead, a new premonition, and a new set of characters whose escape from the inciting disaster dooms them to even more horrifying ends.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Some fans theorized this dream was a premonition of her death and the film employed purposeful symbolism.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Her premonition also saves jazz singer Evie (Natasha Burnett) and her son, the legendary William Bludworth.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
Just give us a new lead, a new premonition, and a new set of characters whose escape from the inciting disaster dooms them to even more horrifying ends.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premonition
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The band performance provides a game day feel, and the off-site practices add to the anticipation for the players.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
23 Aug. 2025
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New York Italian feel — was booked out for 90 days and a second dining room had to be built.—
Harper Stephanopoulos,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Toni has been reluctant to let Amalie go out by herself—her bringing back a telescope seems to confirm some kind of fear, or presentiment.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
21 July 2024
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The lavishness turns quickly into horror — Godwin gives us buckets of blood unasked for in the original — and then into a presentiment of Lear on the heath.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2020
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The shocking attack at Minneapolis’ Annunciation Church again raises familiar questions and fears about safety in houses of worship.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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According to Bautch, several neighbors have expressed fear of the merger, sharing concerns that the resources Clarke Square neighbors currently receive through CSNI will dwindle if the neighborhood is integrated under VIA CDC’s umbrella.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Cover-Up moves between past and present with a fitting sense of discovery and momentousness, Maya Shenfeld’s score pulsing with suspense and at times eerie with foreboding.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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Early in President Donald Trump’s second term, European leaders and many U.S. defense and security experts were anticipating this week’s NATO summit with foreboding.—
Howard LaFranchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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The sting resulted in the arrest of two men over suspicion of copyright infringement in El Sheikh Zayed City near the Greater Cairo metro area.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Any one visiting Russia in the past will know when the subject of China comes up, there are perpetual suspicions toward its territorial intentions in the far east of the country.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The prospect of governments being ousted in Tokyo and Paris fueled further uncertainty, while investors voiced worry over expansive deficit spending in London and Berlin.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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My worry is that inaction is not a strategy.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The key question investors and the Fed are trying to answer is whether this slight slackening presages a far worse outlook, even a recession, or whether reports of rising uncertainty merely reflect people’s feelings, not economic reality.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Premonition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premonition. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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