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was portended
verb
To serve as a warning or omen.
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And his death was portended by what happened to a statue of him that stood on the Alban Mount beside that of Jupiter; for in spite of its being of marble it sent forth streams of blood.
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The other day I wrote a piece entitled "Why Fewer Holiday Home Decorations Predict A Bad Start To The 2019 Job Market," which garnered a lively discussion including some who contend that it was portending doom and gloom.
So much is portended here, in van Gogh's inch-by-inch ambitions.
For, though the diviner should forewarn you that the victims are unfavorable, this means no more than that either death or mutilation or exile is portended.
However, a small (0.4 kN) force drop was recorded at RB1 during the 10-min period prior to fracture (see inset in Fig. 5b), suggesting that the presumed spontaneous exfoliation may actually have been portended by precursor signals.
In a sense, the uncertainties of the draft were portended at the start: After the Buccaneers picked Jackson, he appeared at a brief news conference in a room just off the main floor and said that not until the amateur baseball draft in June will he decide which sport to play.
Amid all the talk of imminent financial disaster, the store seemed to be portending tough times ahead: In places, the cupboards were literally bare.
The media is portending doom, gloom and a nearing apocalypse.
At one point, around the end of season five, there was a lot of speculation that the series' opening credits were portending Don's suicide.
While the forces of information and communication technologies are starting to impinge greatly on science education, new developments in the life sciences are portending another offshoot in the paradigm shift.
Her darkening glasses had been portending her passing, the light dimming from her eyes.
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