handwriting on the wall

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But they could read the handwriting on the wall from the UAW’s contract settlements.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Michael Cohen saw the handwriting on the wall.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022

Black can see the handwriting on the wall after 41…Bxb6 42.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Perhaps he saw the handwriting on the wall.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Stassen saw the handwriting on the wall: his tenure as Eisenhower’s “secretary of peace” effectively had come to an end.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik