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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

Jenkin has suggested his latest is a commentary on sacrifice and community, but any concrete theory of “Rose of Nevada” risks allowing his enigmatic puzzle to lose its shattering spell of mystery and foreboding.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 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

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

There was an unspoken foreboding in the warrior’s eyes as he leaned in as far as the bars would let him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

The chamber itself filled him with odd forebodings he could not name, which eluded him like shadows.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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