ominous
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Arsenal have started the new Premier League season with two wins as the transfer window closes, looking in ominous shape to retain the crown they won for the first time in 22 years last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The weekend after that ominous door note, Rugen threw another party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The village of Dhunge, once home to roughly 150 families, now lies in ruins, reduced to a swampy expanse with an ominous rotting stench -- one of dozens of settlements obliterated by the Himalayan floods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
So what is happening in the bond market right now is deeply ominous.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
It was glowing red and ominous between my eyebrows like the Eye of Sauron, lidless and wreathed in flame.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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