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In Old English, foreboding was associated with what?

foreboding

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


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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

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

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

Mr. Weiss’s voice came from deep in his throat, as low and foreboding as the grumbling of a bear.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

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

The sounds could be heard as flashbacks or as forebodings.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018

Despite Dad’s forebodings, there were no ponies or roadsters.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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