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All the efforts to save microchip production in the U.S. come amid undeniable portents of the end of microchips.

Are England's batting struggles in these first two ODIs an early portent for another southern hemisphere winter of discontent?

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As Ukrainians prepare for their fifth winter at war, what has happened to Chernihiv in recent weeks serves as a portent for cities throughout the country.

In particular those involved with betting, and there was an early portent of what was to come in 1996.

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Australia appeared satisfied with their morning's work - but in a curious way it had maybe given South Africa a psychological lift and was portent of what was to come in the remainder of the day.

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