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foreboding

[fawr-boh-ding, fohr-] / fɔrˈboʊ dɪŋ, foʊr- /


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Brook's first act of the day was a foreboding one for England.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

But a 0.1-percent dip in food services sales could reflect that people are opting to drive less -- a foreboding sign for broader spending in the services sector.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Now, Rhys embraces two wildly different roles he shot back-to-back, showcasing versatility against foreboding backdrops of murder and the supernatural.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Artisanal makers of goat cheeses can be found along undulating roads through greenery that dead end at the foreboding promontory of Cabo Espichel.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

They brim with foreboding, bitter warnings, and hints at your importance in the universe.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Dry in a way that seemed to conflict with Washington meteorological measurement and myth, and with our summertime forebodings and apprehensions.

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2022

The French government is relieved that its worst forebodings about the protests did not come to pass.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2018

The sounds could be heard as flashbacks or as forebodings.

From The New Yorker Jun. 25, 2018

This included a woman, her young child with a doll, the dead cat and forebodings about nuclear disaster and wave/particle duality.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2014

Still full of forebodings of a hard winter, he foraged about for what he was sure was the last edible stuff on the island: various seeds, dry berries, mushrooms.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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