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What does foreshadow mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
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She thus faces little pressure to compromise, and this week's confrontation may foreshadow many more.
What then is the picture of the world in the mind of this child, and how does it foreshadow the future events of the story?
Thus did the poem even foreshadow the advent of e-mail, which, after the bombing, became the means by which the poem traveled.
In a move which could foreshadow the end of super-quarries in Scotland, the Scottish Executive is preparing to review its controversial guidance on mineral workings.
As asset prices fall, people spend less and investors foreshadow lower profits and higher defaults by running from corporate bonds and shares.
The events taking place at that time will foreshadow the scapegoat ritual of the Day of Atonement in Israel's sanctuary service.

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