harbinger
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That choice was a harbinger of what was to come: the end of a popular champion’s reign on the show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
For now, though, the weakness in bank stocks looks more like a temporary dislocation for some of the big banks and not a harbinger of economic doom and gloom.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Discord won’t remain a pariah; instead, its moves are a harbinger of what’s coming for every major online space.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, said "I cannot be party to silencing writers" and that Abdel-Fattah's exclusion "weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation."
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
As Blackmon notes: “The apparent demise...of leasing prisoners seemed a harbinger of a new day. But the harsher reality of the South was that the new post-Civil War neoslavery was evolving—not disappearing.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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