ominous
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This isn’t the only thing going on this summer that gives me that ominous fin de siècle feeling.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
So when an ominous column of dark smoke raced towards him last Saturday, and he and his family were evacuated again, he expected he'd be back home soon.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Chief Financial Officer Anat Ashkenazi amped up the unease by making ominous noises about how long cash flow—long a pillar of strength for what had been asset-light, high-margin internet giants—would remain under pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Helen Guedez and her brother have chosen to disregard the ominous letter coloring the wall of the building that previously housed their dad, sister and grandmother.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The fact that his people were already in arms and the still more ominous fact that the Rutulian Army had encamped before his gates were too much for King Latinus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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