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Sven Marquardt, a Berlin photographer and Berghain’s most famous bouncer, was sitting in front of me, which I took as an incredibly good omen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The offering is a good omen for SpaceX’s AI-focused rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which recently filed paperwork that sets them up to stage similarly megasize offerings later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
"I'm not sure if it's a good omen or not," smiled Rai, who credited his wife Gaurika - also a professional golfer - for helping him win by reading his putts.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Something tells me I’m into something good Was it an omen?
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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But, in general, history shows that golden crosses are positive omens for investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
But this was a random thing, right, not, like, the latest in a concentrated sequence of omens that are becoming impossible to ignore?
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024
The people of r/Superstonk are dogmatic, unforgiving of alternative views, indulgent of auguries and omens, simultaneously convinced of their righteousness yet constantly fretting about their opponents’ vast and mysterious powers to undermine them.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024
Does Bob, as he's more affectionately known, believe in omens?
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
He believed in good omens and positive thoughts and happy endings to films, a trouble-free belief, because he had not considered them deeply before choosing to believe; he just simply believed.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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