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augury

[aw-gyuh-ree] / ˈɔ gjə ri /




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Standard analysis divined from the usual awards season augury into the mix skews in favor of Anderson and “One Battle,” too.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2026

“My life and myself were born under the sea,” she wrote, under the augury of “the star of Aphrodite.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2023

A few Los Reyes voters saw it as an augury for the presidency in 2024, when Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is favored by many to succeed Lopez Obrador.

From Reuters May 29, 2023

Williams sometimes wondered in interviews if that humiliating experience might have been a backhanded augury of her future.

From Seattle Times Jan. 15, 2023

Others said it was a sign of something dark; an evil augury, the beginning of worse.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The film comes to us under equally fine auguries — and auspices.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2023

I wanted to know whether Mogelson, who has witnessed real war, sees auguries of it here.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

There were no warning signs, no rumbles of thunder, no auguries, no harbingers.

From New York Times May 4, 2022

The idea of the Future—by which I mean the Kanye West and Elon Musk sense of “the futch,” as distinct from the feverish auguries of religious prophesy—began in earnest, claims Gleick:

From Slate Oct. 2, 2016

“Hazel,” said Reyna, “bring him inside. I want to question him at the principia. Then we’ll send him to Octavian. We must consult the auguries before we decide what to do with him.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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