augured
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“What happened at Music Inn in the 1950s,” he argues, “was a remarkable confluence of place, people, and politics that reflected and augured seismic shifts and conflicts in American culture.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Our hunt was about to begin, but the weather augured poorly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
My behavior, my vital signs, my bloodwork, the fact that I was making urine: It all augured well.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023
But the away goal augured well for the return.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
As the story goes, when he was done birds flew down and pecked away the outlines—a development that gave Alexander pause, until someone suggested that it augured well for the town’s prosperity.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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