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omen

[oh-muhn] / ˈoʊ mən /


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She’s just frustrated that the weather isn’t cooperating with her upcoming outdoor performance and agitated that this might be a bad omen for her big American comeback.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

For Nikki Smith from Keith, a lost suitcase has been an unlucky start to the trip, but is not a bad omen for Saturday.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Against the bullish backdrop, the IPO could turn out to be fortuitous, or an omen.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate May 10, 2026

The bad omen did not change his solemnity, however.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate May 10, 2026

You wouldn't have predicted a Scotland defeat that early, but you get to understand the triggers in this team and the omens weren't encouraging.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

But this was a random thing, right, not, like, the latest in a concentrated sequence of omens that are becoming impossible to ignore?

From Slate Nov. 22, 2024

The omens for the coming days are not good.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2024

He ripped open a teddy bear and pronounced good omens for the coming year—Fortuna would bless them!

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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