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Recent Examples of forebode Despite the difficulty, in some cases the stakes are so high—as with North Korea and its nuclear weapons—that armies will have no choice but to take the fight to what is often a vast, foreboding underworld. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023 There are foreboding close-ups on clock faces and their fast-changing digits. Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 June 2023 That Wells Fargo win, in May at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., had come against a foreboding list of rivals whose surnames — McIlroy and Spieth, Scott and Day — were bywords for golfing brilliance even before Clark finished college. Alan Blinder, New York Times, 19 June 2023 Among the Ukrainian troops, their work on these proving grounds appears to amplify a sense of confidence, rather than foreboding. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for forebode
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Verb
  • Imagine walking into a meeting where one project manager is using AI to automate reporting, predict risks, and optimize resources in real-time, while another is still relying on manual tracking and outdated tools.
    Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Models predict that most meteorites – over half – should also be carbonaceous.
    Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Kennedy, who listened and then walked arm-in-arm with Charles-Newton for the last leg of the hike, promised to look into the program and whether any funding was being impacted by the HHS-wide restructuring.
    Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Goldman’s economists will likely move to a recession as their base-case scenario if the tariffs are implemented as President Donald Trump has promised, Wilson said.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Stuck in the past or anticipating the future?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Goldman anticipates the cloud communication stock moving 12.6% following earnings, larger than the two-year post-earnings average of 9.9%.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As of last May, filings with the state of Texas indicated that 78% of CFP Administration LLC’s ownership was held in equal 15.6% shares by the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The affidavit indicates that officials believe the name is an alias.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Thursday is forecast to be sunny with a high of 65 and a low around 52.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Temperatures are forecast to rise to around 82 degrees.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025

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