foreshadow

Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Yet many of the body plans seen in those ancient animals foreshadow features that later appeared in dinosaurs, birds, and other groups.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

None of these developments in themselves constitute or necessarily foreshadow a crisis.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

The Tokyo figures, which often foreshadow nationwide trends, showed price pressures easing at the start of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

History tells us that large and rapidly growing debt in major economies often foreshadows a financial crisis.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

But there was a twist that foreshadows the uncertain new path of Venezuela’s leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

Analysts suggest imminent, further base rate cuts by the Bank of England appear unlikely, and uncertainty always foreshadows a Budget.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

There was movement in the darkness, scuffling and shuffling, a redistribution of ancient centuries, an evasion of foreshadows.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The seminal pop-punk album, full of romantic innocence and disarming humor, foreshadowed the rise of new wave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

That set foreshadowed the history lesson in Puerto Rican music Bad Bunny would soon give with "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos," which he promoted with a hometown concert residency.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

The brazen move foreshadowed a career in higher office that ditched the formalities used by other politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

As previously discussed in chapter 2, Britain’s colonization of Indigenous lands in North America was foreshadowed by its colonization of the province of Ulster in northern Ireland.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

“The last two times we saw this was in 1999 and 2021, and in both cases, this was incredibly foreshadowing for an event coming at us,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The savvy storyteller is an expert at foreshadowing - dropping subtle hints about big releases in everything from her outfit choices to her website aesthetics.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

On the last earnings call in January, CEO Phong Le indicated the company would sell Bitcoin “when it is advantageous to do so,” possibly foreshadowing the recent transaction.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

I wish I’d noted that line as foreshadowing, but just like any good mystery, the clues are only evident in hindsight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

His way of talking to Mr. Norton had been a foreshadowing of my misfortune—just as I had sensed that it would be.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison