omen

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Unlike some anonymous Polymarket traders, though, the omen named for the doomed German airship couldn’t have known bombs were about to fall on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Some of the builder’s trends are a good omen for the housing market’s typically busy spring season—but its well-heeled clientele means it’s more insulated from housing cost headwinds than the broader market.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Would it be an affirmation of nature’s power of renewal or an omen of irreversible decline?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The recent strength exhibited by the Dow Jones Transportation Average is not the bullish omen that many analysts believe.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

Overhead, a gray-matted sky hung like a bad omen.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen