inauspicious
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Trump had headed into Davos late, after Air Force One broke down -- an inauspicious start to his trip.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Less than seven months have passed since that inauspicious debut, and Yesavage isn’t in Dunedin anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Bantz’s only big-league game got off to inauspicious start when he went out to center field to warm up pitcher Joe Saunders and threw the ball over his head, plunking a fan in the leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
And that’s not even mentioning the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles for weeks at the beginning of 2025, making the Oscars seem like an inauspicious and even tone-deaf tradition persisting in the face of tragedy.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2025
First contacts between outsiders and New Guinea groups are always potentially dangerous, but this beginning was especially inauspicious.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing inauspicious
Romeo and Juliet
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Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 5
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Twelfth Night
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