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While the $6 million in damages is small potatoes for two of the world’s largest corporations, the March verdict could presage much costlier lawsuits.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

After hearing these songs, the happier ones at the beginning of the album reveal bits of shadow that Rodrigo has built into them to presage what’s to come — to presage what always comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Conversely, a lagging transportation average might presage a decline in the overall market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

If Rosenberg is right and “odds of some policy action or communication to stabilize the yen are rising,” then this could presage a major trading reversal.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

All is vastness; the clouds are piled up like giant rocks, and there is a “brool” over the sea that sounds like some presage of doom.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The top honor at the newly rebranded Actor Awards recognizes the ensemble cast of a film -- a decision that sometimes, but not always, presages Oscars best picture glory.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

The rapidly growing rail system is a symbol of India’s modernization, and Charu’s bookish father, a workshop manager, believes in the progress it presages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

But he takes umbrage at the notion that 2023 presages a “new normal.”

From National Geographic ● Sep. 8, 2023

The book presages much of what Cronenberg has done in the movies; it’s clearly as much of an influence on him as it has been for such directors as Nicolas Roeg or Ridley Scott.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Orgoreyn and the Archipelago has been increasing during the last ten or twenty millennia, and presages the end of the Ice, or at least a recession of it and an interglacial period.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Not all high-profile U.S. IPOs have presaged major corrections in the S&P 500,” said John Higgins, chief economic adviser for financial markets at Capital Economics.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

It also accurately presaged a big post-IPO runup in shares of Cerebras once they finally went public in the U.S, according to Coltman.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

He didn’t stay, but his arrival presaged their comeback, with 50 to 75 roaming the state today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

The announcement was presaged by recent headlines that Andrew wasn’t invited to join the royal family’s Christmas celebrations at their Sandringham estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Her cheeks were ruddy and chapped in a way that presaged irruption.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Often, a low put-call ratio is a sign that investors are overly ebullient and can thus be seen as a contrarian indicator, presaging a market retreat.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Trevor Milton, founder of the electric truck manufacturer Nikola, was convicted of misleading investors in 2022, presaging Nikola’s bankruptcy last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

The apocalyptic imagination, he argued, imposes on history “neat, naïve patterns” presaging a turning point in the grand scheme of humanity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

Scores were exposed to the virus, presaging potential catastrophe in Africa’s most populous nation.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025

Now the precise outlines of her skull show through the skin of her face, presaging death.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein