auspicious
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Thankfully, my colleagues have compiled some great reads to help you make it through Friday the 13th unscathed—and get your weekend off to a more auspicious start.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
The celebrations began on 6 November with Dhanteras, when buying gold, silver or new utensils is considered auspicious and believed to bring good fortune.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Johnson is so concerned with conforming to the auspicious, nostalgic idea of who Bourdain was that he makes his biopic far too safe.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
If life were a feel-good movie, Andy Burnham would be starting out as British prime minister this week in a most auspicious way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was an auspicious beginning to America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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