writing on the wall
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Another former Meta director, Zvika Krieger, said Meta agreed to the changes because it saw "the writing on the wall".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
Starmer read the writing on the wall and quit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The state’s political leaders saw the writing on the wall: With the demographic shift, the ratio of family caregivers to aging parents was set to decline from 7:1 in 2010 to 3:1 in 2050.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 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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