foreboder

noun

Definition of forebodernext
as in foreshadower

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  1. precursor
  2. forerunner
  3. harbinger
  4. foretaste
  5. forewarning
  6. herald
  7. angel
  8. outrider
Noun
  • Meanwhile, vast quantities of a precursor chemical for amphetamines, benzyl methyl ketone, or BMK, were exported from various Western countries to the Middle East.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Nearly all the precursor chemicals that are needed to make fentanyl come from China.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of precursor
Noun
  • Being a forerunner in your circle will put you in a good position and enable you to quickly field new possibilities, offering advantages.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Lilly developed its forerunner more than 30 years prior, according to reporting from FiercePharma. Market pricing for prescription drugs creates the incentives that perpetuate this cycle of innovation.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • The September celebration brings together the community for live music, food, drink, and distinctly Florida games (like the mullet toss), as a harbinger to a fruitful and safe stone crab season.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Alpe du Grand Serre’s closure will serve as a bleak harbinger to numerous other mid-size alpine ski stations also struggling to cope with declining snowfalls, and adds to a growing list of resort closures.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of harbinger
Noun
  • The Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer’s financial performance could be a foretaste of how U.S. chip export controls to China affect tech companies.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • What is on track to happen in South Korea offers a foretaste of what lies in store for the rest of the world.
    Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of foretaste
Noun
  • Nevertheless, some Iranian missiles did impact, especially during the latter attack, which was more ferocious and came with less forewarning.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • From Grover’s geographical layout to the forewarnings of what’s to come, viewers are compelled to take an interest in this place because of him.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of forewarning
Noun
  • The part comes with all sorts of details that serve as the heralds of its legitimacy, like the fact that Jolie spent months in training to sing opera, her real voice blended with Callas’s famous one whenever her character performs.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
  • An 1867 painting lent by the Autry Museum of the American West shows an arriving train as a herald of progress, with deer fleeing its oncoming beam.
    Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of herald
Noun
  • In the movie, a well meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Reeves) meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy capitalist (Rogen).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The new bar follows the transformation of an angel into a demon (inspired by Gokan's life and professional journey from Angel’s Share in New York to his bars in Asia and now Europe).
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of angel
Noun
  • Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024
  • Because Lezcano had help from an outrider to cross the finish line, the last-place run did not technically count as a finish in the race.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Definition of outrider
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