bad omen
Example Sentences
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The squeeze on supplies is a bad omen for prices at the pump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Nvidia’s expanded partnership with Meta Platforms could be a bad omen for Intel.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
Whether that’s a bad omen for AI or an understandable response to Oracle’s debt load likely depends on your prior convictions about AI.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
The oarfish has long been referred to as a doomsday fish, a reference that likely stems from Japanese folklore, which considered spotting such a fish a bad omen of natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
Both he and Cora decided his skittish personality had not helped them during the close call the previous night, when in another bad omen the regulators knocked on the front door.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
