forewarn
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It is vital the devices stay hidden, she said, before adding: "We would urge the government to forewarn the public that alerts might be issued, when possible."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Fed Chair Jerome Powell earlier this week also outlined the longer-term shifts that may forewarn a long period of elevated interest rates and inflation that responds only slowly to the Fed's restrictive policy.
From Reuters ● Dec. 2, 2022
We constantly tried to forewarn our partners — but for the most part, they thought it was an exaggeration, an example of Russophobia.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2022
Businesses that didn’t forewarn customers should attempt to reach out, by forwarding a company phone to a cell phone, for example, or using a mobile phone as a hot spot for an internet connection.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
She seemed to always have premonitions of their coming and would forewarn my father.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
When she has audio calls, she forewarns her colleagues she might lose connection.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
It forewarns of a changing landscape for the disease.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
A frozen opening shot of the exterior of a luxury California home forewarns of the tedium to come.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
Lawrence forewarns readers of his travel writing from Italy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2021
“My brother wears one in a ring. And as he’s a sea captain, the opal forewarns him of ocean storms. He says it has never been wrong.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
On paper, the companies beat Wall Street expectations — but that’s only because analysts were forewarned.
From MarketWatch ● May 2, 2026
That’s a very real possibility—and a big problem for Wall Street, Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett forewarned on Monday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Everyone should be forewarned on this one,” Dimon says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
But be forewarned, you might want to start watching your local NBC affiliate about 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the race, just to be safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2024
He had been forewarned by John that it was a two-chain affair, held together by the A-T and G-C base pairs, and so immediately upon entering our office he studied its detailed features.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
The panic generated by Jamie Dimon’s “cockroaches” forewarning last October has never fully dissipated.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
When the demolition crews arrived Monday at the White House, there had been no forewarning.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
The best bet is that they’re coming back, so consider this a forewarning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
It may be best to roll it out slowly, with trial periods and plenty of forewarning to markets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
The new Aureliano was a year old when the tension of the people broke with no forewarning.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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