foreshadow

Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Yet many of the body plans seen in those ancient animals foreshadow features that later appeared in dinosaurs, birds, and other groups.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

Consumer sentiment has also tumbled, and while that doesn’t always mean actual spending is about to drop, it could foreshadow problems in the months ahead.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

“The 2y auction, which generally tends to produce firm results, is also worth watching because weak results there often foreshadow a softer outcome in the following week’s 10y auction,” they added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Meanwhile, the oil crisis hitting Asia foreshadows tough times for Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

History tells us that large and rapidly growing debt in major economies often foreshadows a financial crisis.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

Analysts suggest imminent, further base rate cuts by the Bank of England appear unlikely, and uncertainty always foreshadows a Budget.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

There was movement in the darkness, scuffling and shuffling, a redistribution of ancient centuries, an evasion of foreshadows.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The seminal pop-punk album, full of romantic innocence and disarming humor, foreshadowed the rise of new wave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Andreessen’s prescient call foreshadowed 15 years of transformation and arguably trillions in value creation.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

The brazen move foreshadowed a career in higher office that ditched the formalities used by other politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

The AEC personnel board hearings foreshadowed a conflict over security and politics that would have a historic impact on the Berkeley campus and the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The savvy storyteller is an expert at foreshadowing - dropping subtle hints about big releases in everything from her outfit choices to her website aesthetics.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was also foreshadowing for the young professionals in the audience who had not yet learned that being good at your job, or even great, wasn’t enough to keep it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

So far, neither side is showing signs of backing down, foreshadowing a fight that could take years.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

Reinhart, the BNY economist, said the absence of foreshadowing makes Waller’s dissent more consequential.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Above her upper lip, in an example of the foreshadowing I will learn to identify in the coming year’s English class, is a mustache.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides