harbinger
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“It’s too early to say if this is simply a mild bout of profit-taking, or a harbinger of a more protracted and deeper retreat,” said David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"It's potentially significant. We don't know if it was a one-time event or a harbinger of broader things," Sacks said.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Don’t be surprised if Exxon is a harbinger of more shareholder-driven relocations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
It could also be a harbinger of the future of late-night TV.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
Was this the harbinger of a new war, one that would draw in the United States?
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Startups have long been harbingers of broader workforce and technology trends, such as the rise of the product manager and the shift to “digital-first” business models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Washcloths are particularly controversial: “People get really riled up, like, ‘Washcloths are harbingers of bacteria,’ and ‘If you don’t use a washcloth, you’re dirty.’
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
Or harbingers, at the very least, of intense annoyance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024
They are the first harbingers of a tradition of portraiture that will continue unbroken until the collapse of the Roman Empire.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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