harbinger
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For now, though, the weakness in bank stocks looks more like a temporary dislocation for some of the big banks and not a harbinger of economic doom and gloom.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, said "I cannot be party to silencing writers" and that Abdel-Fattah's exclusion "weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation."
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
A harbinger of disaster is a replica of the harness-like 2,842 carat necklace from the “Diamond Necklace Affair” of 1785.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
ADP’s private-sector employment report will come out on Wednesday, two days ahead of the government’s data, but is not often seen as a reliable harbinger.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 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
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