bellwether

When does a local education fight become a national bellwether?

The Old Dominion is now a national bellwether, and the GOP is looking like anything but a national party.

Yet, the reality is that Cuccinelli lags, and that Virginia is now an electoral bellwether.

Brad Plumer notes that Walmart sales are often a bellwether for the rest of the economy.

So Ohio is more than just a bellwether; it could decide the election.

A Galilean said, "When the shepherd is angry with his flock, he appoints for its leader a blind bellwether."

And what is the use of arguing with sheep who are leaping after the bellwether?

But take a sheep flock now—the bellwether is jest a nice gentle old castrate thet'll do jest whut the sheepherder wants.

One bellwether will carry a whole flock after it, but I fear not that any will want to hold back.

If I done something against the regulations, would you have to report me to Captain Bellwether?