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
Another harbinger of bad things is a very wide range of target prices, which is the case with SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
And then in the lightning bolt to the head kind of way, it occurs to me that Zephyr Ravens is not a harbinger of anything at all.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Whales, she said, can be harbingers of bigger changes under the surface of the ocean.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Here, the harbingers of the new golden age of the old-school American tavern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Jaclyn’s heavy gold comedy and drama mask earrings are harbingers of the two-faced backstabbing ahead.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 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
They swept toward her, harbingers of the storm that was to come.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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