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It was a rare direct confrontation between two of the most heavily armed countries in the Middle East and augured ominously for easing hostilities and any future truce.

Hopefully, Fox said, that augurs well for the vice president in November.

If protesters are indeed undeterred by the prospect of violence, that doesn’t augur well for any government, least of all an embattled one.

Her remark minimized a brutal history of white supremacy while auguring its endurance.

That doesn’t augur well for a man who has spent a lifetime failing to own up to misconduct.