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bode

[bohd] / boʊd /


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In the aftermath of their shared trauma, Charlie and Sam have grown into different brands of tough cookie, which doesn’t bode well for their getting along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The Irish bank’s beat and 2026 guidance raise bode well for 2027 net interest income, which is likely to be helped by further rate rises and balance sheet growth, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

That’s usually a sign of a lack of enthusiasm, and it doesn’t bode well for Tuesday’s results.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Analysts said that does not bode well for bilateral relations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“This attack on the spinners does not bode well for your father.”

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

In the slalom race of their alpine combined success, they had recorded the fastest time of the day, which boded well for the giant slalom and slalom events later in the Games.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

All of that boded badly for high-flying names like Sandisk and Micron, as some of 2026’s biggest winners became this selloff’s big losers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

The images boded ill for Mountain High, but as the night wore on, the resort’s fate remained a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

“The shift towards normality after the pandemic has overall boded well for global livability in 2023,” said Upasana Dutt, head of the livability index at EIU.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

While she had never warmed to Driscoll herself, it was not a story that boded well for any woman who worked for the Navy.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

He also sees DSV’s faster-than-expected integration of DB Schenker as boding well for CargoWise, with the additional volumes supporting his expectation of a 2H skew to WiseTech’s results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

A simplified prototype of the experiment that operates at room temperature is already remarkably sensitive, boding well for the final Archimedes apparatus's performance.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 29, 2023

A recent spike in mosquito-borne diseases — such as dengue fever and malaria — has underscored the fragility of the African country’s health system, boding ill for future challenges driven by climate change.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

And the production rate on the MAX assembly line in Renton is set to increase, boding well for Machinists union jobs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022

Full well the boding tremblers learned to trace The day’s disaster in his morning face.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt


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