portending
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Service companies reduced employment for the fifth time in the past six months, perhaps portending a weak August employment report on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
Looking back, the surprising darkness and dampening of Penn State’s win over Utah was a portending moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Wholesale food inflation has started to decline, portending possible relief for consumers in coming months.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
We are probably to regard them as visionary beings, portending war and death, visible only to Ingcel.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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