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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

That may bode well for Micron, given that the South Korean stocks tend to act as a harbinger of what’s to come for the U.S. market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

As Blackmon notes: “The apparent demise...of leasing prisoners seemed a harbinger of a new day. But the harsher reality of the South was that the new post-Civil War neoslavery was evolving—not disappearing.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

Bulbs are defiant harbingers of spring in colder climes, sometimes pushing up through the snow in their zeal to greet the sun and spread a little color on a bleak landscape of slushy grays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 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

There were two crocuses in the snow, sure harbingers of spring.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig