portended
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Microsoft argued in an amicus brief that blacklisting Anthropic was an unprecendented response to a contract dispute that portended ill for the technology sector as well as the US military.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 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
Based on how my day started, I reasoned it likely portended a really bad day ahead.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024
As a pop star, the Weeknd couldn’t really get any bigger when he signed on for “The Idol”; if anything, “Dawn FM’s” lack of monster radio hits portended a commercial decline natural for his age.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023
Few heeded the sign, and not even Bilbo yet had any notion of what it portended.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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