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be in the wind

VERB

foreshadow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augur foretell imply portend predict prefigure presage

STRONG

adumbrate betoken bode forebode hint omen promise prophesy shadow signal suggest telegraph

VERB

loom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brew come on dominate emerge hover mount overshadow portend soar stand out threaten

STRONG

approach await bulk dawn emanate figure gather impend impress issue lower menace near overhang overtop rear rise show top tower

WEAK

be at hand be coming be forthcoming be imminent be in the cards be near become visible break through come forth come into view come on the scene hang over make up seem huge seem large take shape

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline fall leave

STRONG

abandon descend drop neglect

Example Sentences

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These should be great times to be in the wind energy business, especially in Europe.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

"I didn’t expect to be in three snowstorms. I didn’t expect to be in the wind for that long of a time. I didn’t expect hills."

From Fox News • Mar. 30, 2022

However, a shift by the United Nations as a whole may be in the wind.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2015

Changes may be in the wind at the newspaper, which has long operated by its own quietly idiosyncratic rule book.

From Time Magazine Archive

My tail will be in the wind from now till we leave, I know that.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

be in the wind

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