Example Sentences

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A recent speech by another BOJ board member and a summary of opinions from its last meeting in April have foreshadowed a hawkish shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

His comments upon exiting might have foreshadowed the current difficulties.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

In what might have foreshadowed the 2024 campaign, Priorities USA published 2021 a memo criticizing the bloat in ad spending in Democratic campaigns titled “How Democrats Can Optimize Media Spending And Stop Wasting Millions.”

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

"Over the past two decades, slowdowns of this scale have foreshadowed a global recession," the bank warned, adding that it anticipated "a sharp, long-lasting slowdown".

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023

Gravesend had been swallowed by a heavy, chilled night, the kind that could have foreshadowed snow.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny