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harbinger

[hahr-bin-jer] / ˈhɑr bɪn dʒər /


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Indeed, that might be a more troubling story: Economists say that weak crude demand could be a harbinger of economic weakness ahead.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

"It's potentially significant. We don't know if it was a one-time event or a harbinger of broader things," Sacks said.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

In Alphabet’s telling, its capital expenditures will “significantly increase” in 2027, which may be a harbinger for others in the sector.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Don’t be surprised if Exxon is a harbinger of more shareholder-driven relocations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Was this the harbinger of a new war, one that would draw in the United States?

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Here, the harbingers of the new golden age of the old-school American tavern.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.

From Salon May 11, 2025

Washcloths are particularly controversial: “People get really riled up, like, ‘Washcloths are harbingers of bacteria,’ and ‘If you don’t use a washcloth, you’re dirty.’

From Slate Nov. 2, 2024

Or harbingers, at the very least, of intense annoyance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

They swept toward her, harbingers of the storm that was to come.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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