augur

Example Sentences

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Following the announcement of Audi's entry in August 2022, the first steps of the programme did not augur well.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Broadcast’s shrinking viewership and network production restrictions augur the necessity of a hard restart for the entire industry’s approach to live awards events.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

In her 1958 novel “The Best of Everything,” about a group of young women navigating office life, Rona Jaffe spends a lot of time discussing clothes and how they augur success or failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

There’s no clear evidence yet that the H5N1 strain in U.S. cows has acquired mutations known to make it more transmissible in humans, which could augur a pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

To his credit, the augur didn’t seem afraid, though his only weapon was a dagger.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan