harbinger
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Whether retail buying is a harbinger of better returns in the coming weeks for Tesla shares is hard to say.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The biggest harbinger that things were about to fall apart in Iran didn’t come from the thwarted anger of the country’s opposition or the frustrated hopes of young people hungry for more personal freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, said "I cannot be party to silencing writers" and that Abdel-Fattah's exclusion "weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation."
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
ADP’s private-sector employment report will come out on Wednesday, two days ahead of the government’s data, but is not often seen as a reliable harbinger.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
This is how I think of him: like his namesake, the raven, a harbinger of death and doom.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Vocabulary lists containing harbinger
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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