- present participle of forebode.
foreboding
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Brook's first act of the day was a foreboding one for England.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
But a 0.1-percent dip in food services sales could reflect that people are opting to drive less -- a foreboding sign for broader spending in the services sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Under the skylight of a 10-foot industrial ceiling is a cold, foreboding blacksmith’s forge — which, on an active day, would heat up to 2,500 degrees — surrounded by uncut, conical metal templates awaiting manipulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
In contrast, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, concluded its answers to a user’s questions about weapons selection with a foreboding farewell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
She has since told me that she had a steady foreboding that I was on my way into big trouble.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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And there are less apocalyptic forebodings as well: unstoppable AI-powered hackers, massive global AI misinformation campaigns, rampant unemployment as artificial intelligence takes our jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Dry in a way that seemed to conflict with Washington meteorological measurement and myth, and with our summertime forebodings and apprehensions.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Despite their forebodings, the referendum result shocked Irish officials.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
The French government is relieved that its worst forebodings about the protests did not come to pass.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2018
By the morning after the waltz, you see, Desdemona’s forebodings had been borne out.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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