Well before the crash of 2008, the U.S. economy was sending ominous warning signals.
Smelling blood, both sides have been relentless in their campaigns, and this week, they sent ominous signs about the outcome, each intimating that a victory by the other would be met with stiff resistance.
Crowds of people, some weeping, ran into the streets after the quake hit with a sudden thud about 2 25 p.m. local time, sending ominous clouds of dust rising from the crater of the San Salvador Volcano overlooking the city.
Meanwhile, the G20 sends an ominous sign by honoring the man who has presided over so much carnage and reckless disregard for human rights in his country.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to leave that ruling in place, but Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, protested that the high court's position sends "an ominous sign" for religious liberty.
The body of a country singer was recovered on Monday at an Oklahoma lake, one week after he disappeared while going duck hunting with a companion who had sent an ominous tweet about threatening weather.
Barcelona have sent an ominous warning to Manchester City that they have no intention of easing up in the Champions League this week.
(A fighter plane dropped a bomb at Brega, too, this morning, not long before we drove by; no one was killed, evidently, but it sent an ominous signal that Qaddafi's regime had not forgotten the rearguard town).
But when No. 1 Southern California eviscerated Ohio State on Saturday night, 35-3, Trojansjansentnt an ominous message to the rest of the college football world: let the race for No. 2 begin.
Instead of using explosives, lives are destroyed through a systematic and pervasive use of rape to punish women, humiliate their men, destroy families, displace communities and to send an ominous message to any potential enemies.
In Sunday's late kick-off, Penrith sent an ominous warning to week-one finals opponents Canterbury with a first-half demolition of Manly in the final game of the regular season.
