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bode

[bohd] / boʊd /


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In the aftermath of their shared trauma, Charlie and Sam have grown into different brands of tough cookie, which doesn’t bode well for their getting along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

That’s usually a sign of a lack of enthusiasm, and it doesn’t bode well for Tuesday’s results.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Analysts said that does not bode well for bilateral relations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

A recent Gallup poll shed light on what you are experiencing, and the results did not bode well for a generation of renters who would like to get their foot on the property ladder.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

That didn’t bode well, but Annabeth used her crutch to push away the boards as best she could.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

In the slalom race of their alpine combined success, they had recorded the fastest time of the day, which boded well for the giant slalom and slalom events later in the Games.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

All of that boded badly for high-flying names like Sandisk and Micron, as some of 2026’s biggest winners became this selloff’s big losers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

The images boded ill for Mountain High, but as the night wore on, the resort’s fate remained a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Amazon's ramp-up in seasonal hires boded well for consumer discretionary spending, to a point.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023

The Prime Minister had seen that kind of look in politicians before, and it never boded well.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

He also sees DSV’s faster-than-expected integration of DB Schenker as boding well for CargoWise, with the additional volumes supporting his expectation of a 2H skew to WiseTech’s results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

A simplified prototype of the experiment that operates at room temperature is already remarkably sensitive, boding well for the final Archimedes apparatus's performance.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2023

A recent spike in mosquito-borne diseases — such as dengue fever and malaria — has underscored the fragility of the African country’s health system, boding ill for future challenges driven by climate change.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

The reopening of the hybrid market signals investors' confidence is returning after latest U.S. inflation data boosted hopes that rates would peak soon, boding well for more bond sales.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022

On the immediate local front, reports showed that rental rates for apartments in Odessa had dropped 10 percent and occupancy rates 8 percent, boding disaster for a market that was woefully overbuilt from the boom.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger


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