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Technology stocks are approaching their peak as a portion of the S&P 500, which could portend some rough months ahead.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The county’s main economic engine is a university where enrollment has declined over the past two years and demographic trends portend further declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

The Greeks had an old saying, too: “Red beard and blue eyes portend the Devil.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"The yields are troubling people because it portends a tighter environment and it's going to be more expensive to borrow money," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“The performance of risk assets and energy markets in recent days portends a turning point in the Middle East conflict,” the economists wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Conditions like dissociative identity disorder may dictate multiple support animals, and the growth in pet psychologists portends a burgeoning trend of emotionally affected pets needing their own support animals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

It’s unclear what the spike in activity portends for the rest of the fire season.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Well, Mr. Townshend," quoth Mr. Harvey Gerard, as we rolled homewards in a hackney-coach, after seven hours of this man-hunting, "what think you that this news portends?

From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn

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

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

As his maiden voyage with the group, "The Yes Album" portended things to come.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2023

Still, she worried that she had not done enough and that the dream portended some negligence of hers that would harm Baby.

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

Service companies reduced employment for the fifth time in the past six months, perhaps portending a weak August employment report on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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 reformer saw more clearly than they the rising of the clouds of civil war portending ruin to his native land.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird