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foreshadow

[fawr-shad-oh, fohr-] / fɔrˈʃæd oʊ, foʊr- /


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And what cultural discussions foreshadow where the country is heading?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Indeed, months of drought and heat waves tend to foreshadow the fiercest wildfires.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Yet many of the body plans seen in those ancient animals foreshadow features that later appeared in dinosaurs, birds, and other groups.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

About 100 people ended up undergoing the quarantine process in a display that would foreshadow the Covid-19 pandemic that broke out a year later.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Sturtevant’s rudimentary genetic map would foreshadow the vast and elaborate efforts to map genes along the human genome in the 1990s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

His exit foreshadows the peril to come at Sunnyside Daycare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the oil crisis hitting Asia foreshadows tough times for Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

History tells us that large and rapidly growing debt in major economies often foreshadows a financial crisis.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

Viewed against such a prism, this foreshadows a period of sloppy price action or correction for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

“The assignment of the terrific P-51 Mustang plane to all of the Negro pilots foreshadows important missions and sweeps ahead for them as the war enters its decisive stage,” wrote the Norfolk Journal and Guide.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Andreessen’s prescient call foreshadowed 15 years of transformation and arguably trillions in value creation.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

In a move that foreshadowed Fern’s future as a feminist firebrand of her time, she contracted a lawyer and found a room for her daughters and herself in the Marlboro Hotel in Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

The brazen move foreshadowed a career in higher office that ditched the formalities used by other politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

In any case, the one man paved the way for the deeds of the other, in a sense foreshadowed and even legitimized them.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

The savvy storyteller is an expert at foreshadowing - dropping subtle hints about big releases in everything from her outfit choices to her website aesthetics.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

On the last earnings call in January, CEO Phong Le indicated the company would sell Bitcoin “when it is advantageous to do so,” possibly foreshadowing the recent transaction.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

So far, neither side is showing signs of backing down, foreshadowing a fight that could take years.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

I wish I’d noted that line as foreshadowing, but just like any good mystery, the clues are only evident in hindsight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

Beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the Age of Science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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