omen

Example Sentences

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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

It isn’t the kind of housing market omen investors in the sector were hoping at the start of the typically busy homebuying season.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Nvidia’s expanded partnership with Meta Platforms could be a bad omen for Intel.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 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

The boy’s very presence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money was pouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho