harbinger
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Indeed, that might be a more troubling story: Economists say that weak crude demand could be a harbinger of economic weakness ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to Jason Goepfert, a veteran technical analyst, when 11 or more Omens occur during a three-month period, it has in the past been a reliable harbinger of weakness to come.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But that decision now appears to be an outlier, not a harbinger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
This is how I think of him: like his namesake, the raven, a harbinger of death and doom.
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
They are also matter-of-fact, heralds of hard facts rather than harbingers of national guilt in a story to which we think we know the ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Scorsese attributed the early days of Beatlemania as harbingers of an artistic change that not only impacted the 1960s, but that can be felt in the popular culture of the present day.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
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
There were two crocuses in the snow, sure harbingers of spring.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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