augur
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In her 1958 novel “The Best of Everything,” about a group of young women navigating office life, Rona Jaffe spends a lot of time discussing clothes and how they augur success or failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The SNP's deputy leader, Keith Brown, told the Good Morning Scotland programme the lack of a challenger "does augur well for John Swinney's ability to engage with all parts of the party".
From BBC • May 6, 2024
There’s no clear evidence yet that the H5N1 strain in U.S. cows has acquired mutations known to make it more transmissible in humans, which could augur a pandemic.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024
Arriving for a fashion magazine job interview, Betty’s bushy brows, braces and less-than-runway-ready style did not augur well.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024
The augur smiled and shrugged, like the idea amused him.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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