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Unlike some anonymous Polymarket traders, though, the omen named for the doomed German airship couldn’t have known bombs were about to fall on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The omen was created by an analyst named Jim Miekka back in the 1990s.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

This was his to lose, as it always is, but it’s a solid omen for him joining Roberta Flack, U2 and Billie Eilish as artists who’ve won record in consecutive years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Those looking for a good omen will note, however, that the famous result helped Northern Ireland qualify for that summer's World Cup in Sweden.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

“If you decide my being here is a bad omen, does that mean I’ll be kicked out of the Bureau?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston