omen

It means that vultures are a good omen when a sacrifice has been made because their presence suggests that the deity has accepted the sacrifice and heard the residents' appeal to its power.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sven Marquardt, a Berlin photographer and Berghain’s most famous bouncer, was sitting in front of me, which I took as an incredibly good omen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

That is a bad omen, though it’s encouraging that Kavanaugh and Barrett didn’t sign onto it.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

One judge's name was Mr. Dove, which I thought was a good omen, because I kept thinking that I would soon be free as a bird.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

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

And with the way in which the balls ran during the closing stages he may feel that the omens are in his favour this time around.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

The people of r/Superstonk are dogmatic, unforgiving of alternative views, indulgent of auguries and omens, simultaneously convinced of their righteousness yet constantly fretting about their opponents’ vast and mysterious powers to undermine them.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2024

Dany had named him the first of her Queens- guard . . . and when Mormont's gruff counsel and the omens agreed, her course was clear.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin