foreshadow

Example Sentences

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The idea began at Hewlett-Packard in the 1950s—a foreshadowing of the Silicon Valley look of today—and slowly spread, hitting the East Coast in the early 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal

England could have retained the Ashes in Perth, only for Mitchell Johnson to foreshadow the havoc he would cause four years later.

From BBC

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch

In that respect, the Los Angeles of 1994 foreshadowed the 21st century that was just a few years from dawning.

From New York Times

This alone is a cause for concern, foreshadowing what the Trump presidency redux could look like.

From Salon