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Let’s be real, rational thought portends the obvious: It’s a wrap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

A federal holiday often portends a long weekend for travel—or maybe just an extra day off to relax.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 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

But its wholesale gutting portends an even more uncertain future for talented filmmakers already struggling in the A.I. age.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

Around them that desert had begun to form which portends the fall of a Ministry; though their faithful Commons still awaited their bidding in silence.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose



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