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[her-uhld] / ˈhɛr əld /




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The event was meant to herald Jaguar's future as a luxury all-electric marque, but it triggered a furious backlash in the press and on social media.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rising wholesale prices tend to herald higher prices for consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Oncologists herald the small-molecule pill as a revolution in pancreatic cancer care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

According the legend, boy and girl twins born in Higashi Village on a day with equal parts day and night herald a cataclysm that only they can mend.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

“That is well for Thebes,” the herald cried.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Daily Star also heralds the news of Meghan's possible role as "Meg's lock stock... and two moaning Royals".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Even so, this heralds the potential of personalized mRNA vaccines to treat and prevent cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

She later meets another student, Mika, in the library, as a Filipino love song heralds the start of their passionate saga.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“It heralds a new era of wildlife overcrossings to improve wildlife connectivity,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Already they heard below them in the town the heralds crying and the war-horns blowing.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

When Congress created the Opportunity Zone program in 2017, lawmakers heralded it as a way to attract investment by funneling risk-averse capital into neglected communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But they didn’t free people from domestic labor or deliver the prosperity and security heralded by their promoters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Strikes on Wednesday also heralded a return to power cuts in the capital.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

A crop of new television shows are questioning whether the innovators once heralded as making the world a better place have traded lofty virtuous ambitions for profits and power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

He held a spinning flag that heralded the directions.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

At least three firm were showcasing so-called agentic phones at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai this weekend -- heralding what may be to come.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

US President Donald Trump said in a social media post heralding the agreement, which he said would include the reopening of the strait to commercial shipping.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

I wrote a column shortly after, heralding Lopez’s overwhelming victory as a new era for Latino politics in Orange County, where Latinos make up a third of the population but still wield little power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The cost of imported goods rose sharply in March for the third month in a row, heralding further increases in U.S. inflation at least for the next few months, mostly due to higher oil prices.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

As Oppenheimer’s position on the Super evolved from skepticism to outright opposition, Strauss’s opinion of Oppie darkened steadily, like a cloud heralding a thunderstorm.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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