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In October, Bessent had foreshadowed the change, saying future revisions would “position FinCEN as a gatekeeper” over AML enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Macdonald had foreshadowed that someone with a college background could get the job when he said at his introductory news conference that NFL play-calling experience was not a priority in an OC.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Reese had foreshadowed her return when she posted on social media a photo of herself inside LSU’s basketball stadium, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023

The company had foreshadowed the sriracha scarcity in an April letter to customers announcing that unfavorable weather conditions had resulted in a “severe shortage” of chiles.”

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

The attacks on Hunt in Blackwood’s and the Quarterly had foreshadowed an attack of the same virulent kind on Keats.

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Miller, Barnette