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foreshadowing

noun as in auspice

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An ominous undertone, foreshadowing the unchecked slaughter to come, could be heard on October 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel resulted in close to 1,200 deaths.

From Salon

And plus, I like how you did that, kind of foreshadowing this episode with the two shows that you picked.

To optimize space, he proposed a bold new concept — circular office buildings — unwittingly foreshadowing what would later become his most iconic project.

Then, in a foreshadowing of the police statement he would make the following day, the boy went back to the account he had been asked to write about the previous week's fight.

From BBC

For a fantasy about the midlife and times of a writer, “And Just Like That” is stubbornly ignorant of metaphors and foreshadowing.

From Salon

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