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omen

[oh-muhn] / ˈoʊ mən /


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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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

It was a sign, an omen, an incredible, mystical thing.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

The omens are good for the British pair – last year, they won GB's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with bronze in Boston.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 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

There was a sinister and unlikely coincidence exposed that was too diabolical in implication to be anything less than the most hideous of omens.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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