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bode

[bohd] / boʊd /


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That just doesn’t bode well for the future — it’s paying off in the present too.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

This should bode well for the Thai hospital operator as revenue from Middle East patients grew 21% on year in 1Q, compared with a 1% gain in overall revenue, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Campaign strategists love to tout a military record, a blue-collar résumé, small-business ownership, and a life of family and faith, in part because they suggest qualities that bode well for a political leader.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2026

The failed launch by a competitor could bode well for the IPO, which could raise more than $75 billion.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

A private word with Lord Fredrick did not bode well, for her or for the Incorrigibles.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

All of that boded badly for high-flying names like Sandisk and Micron, as some of 2026’s biggest winners became this selloff’s big losers.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

The images boded ill for Mountain High, but as the night wore on, the resort’s fate remained a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2024

Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Amazon's ramp-up in seasonal hires boded well for consumer discretionary spending, to a point.

From Reuters Oct. 26, 2023

“The shift towards normality after the pandemic has overall boded well for global livability in 2023,” said Upasana Dutt, head of the livability index at EIU.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

So the Isle-Men of Low Torning had sent to Roke begging for a wizard to protect their folk from what boded over the western horizon, and the Archmage had judged their fear well founded.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

He also sees DSV’s faster-than-expected integration of DB Schenker as boding well for CargoWise, with the additional volumes supporting his expectation of a 2H skew to WiseTech’s results.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

As of midday on Wednesday, the major U.S. airlines had few flight cancellations, boding well for the rest of the day, said Mike Arnot, a spokesperson for aviation analytics company Cirium.

From Reuters Nov. 22, 2023

They also combing the Mediterranean off Derna, searching for boding swept away in the floods.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2023

A simplified prototype of the experiment that operates at room temperature is already remarkably sensitive, boding well for the final Archimedes apparatus's performance.

From Scientific American Apr. 29, 2023

A boding of ill we thought it, my father and I, for no tidings had we heard of Boromir since he went away, and no watcher on our borders had seen him pass.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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