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This recent divergence certainly appears to be a very positive omen, as you can see from the accompanying chart.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It was a good omen, too, since the Galaxy haven’t lost when they’ve scored first or when they’ve led at halftime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The appearance in the sky of Halley's Comet, which is only visible from Earth roughly every 75 years, is regarded as a bad omen following Harold's alleged betrayal.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The offering is a good omen for SpaceX’s AI-focused rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which recently filed paperwork that sets them up to stage similarly megasize offerings later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Aureliano relaxed with the proof of the omen.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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There are bad omens for future tax policy, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Denver will hope some omens are on their side.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 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
Battles had been fought nearby, and the wind reminded the boy that there was the language of omens, always ready to show him what his eyes had failed to observe.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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