foreboding
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Foreboding permeates “Lost Boy Lost Girl,” with each shape-shifting character adrift and uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
It’s called Interesting Times, rather than Foreboding Times, Quixotic Times, or Bleak Times—which is an indication of where he stands.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025
A Foreboding Fire: A wildfire that quickly consumed more than 14,000 acres northwest of Los Angeles signaled the start of what experts warn could be a dangerous and prolonged fire season in the West.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Foreboding odds and unprecedented feats are nothing daunting for Clippers coach Tyronn Lue, whose 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers remain the only NBA champion to rally from a 3-1 Finals deficit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2021
Foreboding was more gloomy than she had ever known it.
From Coquette by Swinnerton, Frank
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Power Prefix: fore-
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