bad omen
Example Sentences
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The squeeze on supplies is a bad omen for prices at the pump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Nvidia’s expanded partnership with Meta Platforms could be a bad omen for Intel.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
Whether that’s a bad omen for AI or an understandable response to Oracle’s debt load likely depends on your prior convictions about AI.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
Instead, the justices set it for arguments two months down the road—a bad omen, to put it mildly.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2024
Between everything she told him and her white knuckles on the wheel, Scoob wonders if G’pop was right: maybe coming here was a bad omen.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
