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Put it all together, and the march of trillicorn IPOs doesn’t portend doom for investors.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 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

It’s spring primary season, though the GOP’s April showers portend May and June squalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

Meanwhile Philippa, knowing that “visionaries are ungovernable,” fears that Barton’s presence in her nunnery portends catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

But its wholesale gutting portends an even more uncertain future for talented filmmakers already struggling in the A.I. age.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026

Many small-cap investors also make a valuation-based argument for why they believe that small-cap relative strength so far this year portends something more sustainable.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026

Although it portends little, I may transmit to posterity the fact that my new clothes came home at half-past three, and my mother beheld me arrayed in them at five.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard

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

Based on how my day started, I reasoned it likely portended a really bad day ahead.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024

Becky brought back tales of sea monsters chasing the British fleet and a two-headed calf born outside Philadelphia that portended all manner of disaster.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Unified schools damaged or destroyed in the Palisades fire have been cleared of debris more quickly than expected, portending a timely reopening of facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

Cougars are our canaries in the coal mine, portending consequences of lost connectivity for all Southwest Washington.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

It was becoming rapidly dark, and heavy clouds, portending speedy rain, increased the gloom.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth