augur

Example Sentences

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Following the announcement of Audi's entry in August 2022, the first steps of the programme did not augur well.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

It doesn’t necessarily augur well that the Commanders have hired HKS, a modernist architecture firm that has designed a handful of new stadiums, as the lead designer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Broadcast’s shrinking viewership and network production restrictions augur the necessity of a hard restart for the entire industry’s approach to live awards events.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

There’s no clear evidence yet that the H5N1 strain in U.S. cows has acquired mutations known to make it more transmissible in humans, which could augur a pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2024

He put a post-hole augur down through the subsoil to test and feel and smell the under earth.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck