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omen

[oh-muhn] / ˈoʊ mən /


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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

It isn’t the kind of housing market omen investors in the sector were hoping at the start of the typically busy homebuying season.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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

Kainene’s approval, something she had never felt before, was like a sweetness on her tongue, a surge of ability, a good omen.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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