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premonition

[pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh-] / ˌpri məˈnɪʃ ən, ˌprɛm ə- /


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Oddly, that cigar turned out to be an unwitting premonition.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

Braxton: I’m sticking with my previous pick of Victoria having a premonition.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2025

The first part of Mulder's premonition has proven to be true - Hayen's Brugge beat Villa, Sporting and Sturm Graz in the group phase, as well as drawing with Juventus and Celtic.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2025

Our former faith in manifest destiny always included another possibility; let’s call it a premonition of manifest doom.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

It was the stink of Drave, and it felt like a premonition, because just then Drave came into view at the top of the street, rounding the corner at a dead run.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

He said he had no premonitions that things were about to go haywire.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

There are almost no conversations, only premonitions and plans delivered in bullet-points like a group research project.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

His mostly unpublished premonitions were eerily prescient: Among others, he famously intuited the existence of the neutron from prior experiments.

From Science Magazine Dec. 20, 2023

But his pleas fell on deaf ears, and his premonitions would come true.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2023

All were engrossed in early-night reminiscences about dreams, figures, premonitions.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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