writing on the wall
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“She kind of looked at the writing on the wall … She was like, ‘this is the future,’” Mound told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Meta wouldn’t settle unless it sees the writing on the wall and feels really exposed,” Nora Freeman Engstrom, a Stanford University law professor, told the New York Times.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Ultimately, I think the readings are that Scarborough on the whole will have a town-wide campervan ban. I think that's what is the writing on the wall here," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Truist analyst Youssef Squali sees the writing on the wall, from how fast agentic is growing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The smell of fresh paint my father used to cover Cecile’s writing on the wall.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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