harbinger
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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
For Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, this may be a harbinger of a “risk-off summer,” especially if it coincides with a yield-curve inversion and a breakdown in tech stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
“It’s too early to say if this is simply a mild bout of profit-taking, or a harbinger of a more protracted and deeper retreat,” said David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 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
Was this the harbinger of a new war, one that would draw in the United States?
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Whales, she said, can be harbingers of bigger changes under the surface of the ocean.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
They are also matter-of-fact, heralds of hard facts rather than harbingers of national guilt in a story to which we think we know the ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.
From Salon ● May 11, 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
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