inauspicious
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Trump had headed into Davos late, after Air Force One broke down -- an inauspicious start to his trip.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Less than seven months have passed since that inauspicious debut, and Yesavage isn’t in Dunedin anymore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Ballesteros, who had made an inauspicious debut in 1979, winning one and losing four of his matches, secured 2½ points from four outings with 20-year-old rookie Paul Way.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Bantz’s only big-league game got off to inauspicious start when he went out to center field to warm up pitcher Joe Saunders and threw the ball over his head, plunking a fan in the leg.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025
The amounts are for one hundred and one dollars, two hundred and one dollars, occasionally three hundred and one dollars, as Bengalis consider it inauspicious to give round figures.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing inauspicious
Romeo and Juliet
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Twelfth Night
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