foreshadowing
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Foreshadowing Top Of The Pops, the show highlighted each song's chart position, with the relevant number built into the staging; while a troupe of dancers called The Stargazers interpreted the lyrics.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022
Foreshadowing the pain, the European Commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator, a key gauge of the bloc's economic health, fell more sharply than forecast in December to a level last seen in May.
From Reuters • Jan. 7, 2022
Foreshadowing his later dedication to martial arts, Lee would keep crib notes of all 108 different cha-cha steps in his wallet so that he could obsessively memorize them.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2021
Foreshadowing: hints of what is to come in the text.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Foreshadowing the judicial review of a later day, the Northampton county court declared the Stamp Act unconstitutional and consequently of no effect.
From The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 by Virginia. History, Government, and Geography Service
Vocabulary lists containing foreshadowing
Power Prefix: fore-
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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