handwriting on the wall
Example Sentences
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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
With utilities switching to cheap natural gas and renewable sources like solar and wind power, coal company executives see the handwriting on the wall.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
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
