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foreboding

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


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Then, with the foreboding intro and the tapping heel of a bedazzled platform pump, the delicious reveal of Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter singing “Sweet Transvestite” cemented that this experience would bond us for life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

Our trusted sources in Iran spoke with opposition activists, human rights lawyers and independent journalists and found a mood of foreboding.

From BBC May 3, 2026

In contrast, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, concluded its answers to a user’s questions about weapons selection with a foreboding farewell.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

It was a try toward relieving the foreboding in his manner; it only worked to deepen it.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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

Heaven finds a new life at her estranged grandparents’ exquisite Boston mansion, but even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, secrets best forgotten.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2019

Despite their forebodings, the referendum result shocked Irish officials.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2019

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

From BBC Dec. 8, 2018

Each time she closed her eyes, her head filled with forebodings and fantasies of the morrow.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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