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That doesn’t portend an imminent crash, but it does raise the question how long a rally supported by just a handful of stocks can really last.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Signs pointed to another U.S. military buildup in the region this week that could portend a fresh round of fighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

It’s spring primary season, though the GOP’s April showers portend May and June squalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

So what does this portend for the future of American politics?

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

The finest astronomers and astrologers—Thomas Digges in England, Francesco Maurolico in Italy, Tadeàš Hàjek in Prague—racked their brains in an attempt to work out what this might portend and hastened to publish their conflicting conclusions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In the northern U.S., it portends unusually dry and warm weather, while the Gulf and Southeast states experience abnormally wet weather.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

A federal holiday often portends a long weekend for travel—or maybe just an extra day off to relax.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

But if they fail, it portends an epic flop.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026

In “Weapons,” its eerie harmonic movement portends an innocence soon to be lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

A distinction must be drawn between the so-called Headless Coach, which portends death, and the Phantom Coach, which appears to be a harmless sort of vehicle.

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

The public debut of SpaceX—officially Space Exploration Technologies — portended different things to different investors but was significant for all.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The staginess that sinks many of his other pictures portended a digital age where all images would trend toward idealized, Photoshopped perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

They have generated revenues to the filmmakers and to us that’s way beyond what the box office would have portended when it opened.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

When either, or both, of these signals have triggered five times or more combined within the span of five trading sessions, it has often portended trouble ahead, the SentimenTrader report said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

Or maybe it was the future the mark portended.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

It’s a dark and propulsive journey through decades of electronic dance music, best described by its own opening words portending “ultra terrorific fantasy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Cougars are our canaries in the coal mine, portending consequences of lost connectivity for all Southwest Washington.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

The dollar was heavy in Asia, and equities around most of the region declined, portending weakness when Europe wakes up as well.

From Reuters ● May 22, 2023

The Treaty of Vienna, made between the Empire and Spain, was justly regarded in England as portending danger to this country.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin