as in feel
a feeling that something bad will happen
she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day
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Recent Examples of premonition
Like its fatal forebears, Bloodlines kicks off with an ominous premonition of mass mortality, albeit one with a slight twist.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The premonitions Japan is no stranger to severe earthquakes.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Luckily, Iris has a premonition of the accident and saves everyone — but that causes unintended consequences, as Death begins to come for her descendants.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
Instead, the film follows a woman, Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), whose grandmother, Iris (Gabrielle Rose), had a premonition and survived a tower collapse decades ago.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The premonitions Japan is no stranger to severe earthquakes.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Luckily, Iris has a premonition of the accident and saves everyone — but that causes unintended consequences, as Death begins to come for her descendants.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 18 May 2025
Instead, the film follows a woman, Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), whose grandmother, Iris (Gabrielle Rose), had a premonition and survived a tower collapse decades ago.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for premonition
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Just off the sand, antique shops and farm stands along the streets of Southampton give it a small-town feel.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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The breezy capri length hits just right for warm days, offering an airy feel without going full short.—
Taylor Jean Stephan,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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Toni has been reluctant to let Amalie go out by herself—her bringing back a telescope seems to confirm some kind of fear, or presentiment.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
21 July 2024
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His presentiments had been right, but all those garlic pills and pulse recordings had done nothing to save him.—
Gillian Silverman,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2023
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Rather than basing trades on company fundamentals or earnings outlooks, many investors appear to be reacting to market trends and peer activity — a pattern commonly associated with FOMO, or fear of missing out.—
Spriha Srivastava,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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These attempts challenge long-standing norms of academic freedom—that is, the ability of a teacher or researcher in higher education to investigate and discuss subjects without fear of political interference.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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Andrew Skeet and Nathan Klein’s orchestral original score sets an appropriate tone of mournful foreboding.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Early in President Donald Trump’s second term, European leaders and many U.S. defense and security experts were anticipating this week’s NATO summit with foreboding.—
Howard LaFranchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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That new regime’s anti-Western stance put it on a path to conflict with the United States and Israel, and created their long-standing suspicion that Iran’s nuclear program was not purely civilian, as Tehran claimed, but also involved clandestine efforts to develop weapons.—
Roya Hakakian,
The Atlantic,
10 July 2025
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Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Their visits to the ophthalmologist are now every six months, but Maggie admits the worry never quite fades.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, there was hand-wringing in the NASCAR garage over headlines about high crime and worries about whether the Cup Series cars would be able to have a good show on such a narrow course.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The key question investors and the Fed are trying to answer is whether this slight slackening presages a far worse outlook, even a recession, or whether reports of rising uncertainty merely reflect people’s feelings, not economic reality.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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The result is chaos, bewilderment and delay that presages rising consumer prices.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Premonition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/premonition. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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