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harbinger

[hahr-bin-jer] / ˈhɑr bɪn dʒər /


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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

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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