portend
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The release “could portend some deceleration of steep memory-price increases for the likes of Micron,” according to Kerwin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
That doesn’t portend an imminent crash, but it does raise the question how long a rally supported by just a handful of stocks can really last.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Signs pointed to another U.S. military buildup in the region this week that could portend a fresh round of fighting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
So what does this portend for the future of American politics?
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
“Tell me what event might portend success in love?”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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"The yields are troubling people because it portends a tighter environment and it's going to be more expensive to borrow money," said Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Conditions like dissociative identity disorder may dictate multiple support animals, and the growth in pet psychologists portends a burgeoning trend of emotionally affected pets needing their own support animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Let’s be real, rational thought portends the obvious: It’s a wrap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
If the idea was to de-ice Melania for viewers and, in turn, make them forget about the allegations against Ratner, this one-two punch in the film’s first 10 minutes only portends glorious failure.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
“We hope not, but Tally says that quite often, after a hot sandstorm, it returns with sleet and hail; so we’d better be ready in case this chill portends such a comeback,” explained Mr. Gilroy.
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
The staginess that sinks many of his other pictures portended a digital age where all images would trend toward idealized, Photoshopped perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
They have generated revenues to the filmmakers and to us that’s way beyond what the box office would have portended when it opened.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Microsoft argued in an amicus brief that blacklisting Anthropic was an unprecendented response to a contract dispute that portended ill for the technology sector as well as the US military.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
When either, or both, of these signals have triggered five times or more combined within the span of five trading sessions, it has often portended trouble ahead, the SentimenTrader report said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
Unlike Perry, he was not convinced that a broken mirror meant seven years’ misfortune, or that a young moon if glimpsed through glass portended evil.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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It’s a dark and propulsive journey through decades of electronic dance music, best described by its own opening words portending “ultra terrorific fantasy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
Cougars are our canaries in the coal mine, portending consequences of lost connectivity for all Southwest Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
"Nonetheless, while we expect the summer rally to continue, investor exuberance is likely to lessen in the near-term, portending a less vigorous rally."
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023
The war of 1859, portending danger to the temporal power, disclosed divided counsels.
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
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