harbinger
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What has been a reliable harbinger of trouble for stocks and the U.S. economy has begun to emerge in the $31.5 trillion Treasury market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
But that decision now appears to be an outlier, not a harbinger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
For Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, this may be a harbinger of a “risk-off summer,” especially if it coincides with a yield-curve inversion and a breakdown in tech stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
That may bode well for Micron, given that the South Korean stocks tend to act as a harbinger of what’s to come for the U.S. market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
And then in the lightning bolt to the head kind of way, it occurs to me that Zephyr Ravens is not a harbinger of anything at all.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Whales, she said, can be harbingers of bigger changes under the surface of the ocean.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Here, the harbingers of the new golden age of the old-school American tavern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Jaclyn’s heavy gold comedy and drama mask earrings are harbingers of the two-faced backstabbing ahead.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
Bulbs are defiant harbingers of spring in colder climes, sometimes pushing up through the snow in their zeal to greet the sun and spread a little color on a bleak landscape of slushy grays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025
There were two crocuses in the snow, sure harbingers of spring.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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