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The imminent era draws near when humanity may be replaced by AI, a technological realm infiltrated by ominous forces seeking Earth's destruction. A plea echoes to Christians and non-Christians alike: pray, pray for what is approaching—a war against spiritual dominion and mankind. Urgently beseech the divine, for the moment is now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late for some, as sad as it sounds. To those who hear the truth and resist obedience, be prepared to confront formidable forces. Let not your hearts harden, for in prayer lies the hope for divine intervention in the face of impending challenges. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 2 months ago
Since BSNL internet connection has been closed down since morning today under influence of corporate bodies it is an ominous sign of some major up or down in the stock market in the first hour of trading session. BEWARE – Lakshheish M Patel	added by laksheishmpatel_2 1 year ago
They absolutely they have no idea what is going on, which is a very ominous sign in itself, it's very clear that the Foreign Ministry doesn't know what is going on. It's all up to one person- though it may also be up to the military, which is getting more and more and more influential and powerful. And the interesting thing is that in Russian society, the military now plays such a huge role, which is quite unprecedented. – Andrei Soldatov	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Glenn Youngkin worshipped at the altar of Donald Trump … Glenn Youngkin did not really put much distance between Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump on the big lie or the deadly insurrection, so, I think that the real ominous thing, is that critical race theory, which is n’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump-insurrection-endorsed Republican. – Nicolle Wallace	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I remember very quiet nights at the dinner table, george was weighing grim scenarios and ominous intelligence about potentially even more devastating attacks. – President George H.W. Bush	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
No one knows how a star behaves in the weeks before it explodes, and there were some ominous predictions that Betelgeuse was ready to become a supernova, chances are, however, that it will not explode during our lifetime, but who knows ? – Andrea Dupree	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The ominous reality was that a synchronized global sell-off had taken on a life of its own, with little prospect for self-correction. – Daleep Singh	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The second informal meeting as such is significant given these ominous signals at bilateral, regional and global levels, stabilizing relations is important as both are seized with a number of issues – domestic as well as regional. – Srikanth Kondapalli	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The second informal meeting as such is significant given these ominous signals at bilateral, regional and global levels. – Srikanth Kondapalli	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The manner in which this journalist was taken, by men claiming to be police, is very ominous and further evidence that the press is not safe in President John Magufuli's Tanzania. – Muthoki Mumo	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The message that financials are sending about growth is more ominous, banks are a proxy for the outlook for growth. And the outlook is diminishing. – David Joy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Despite the ominous headlines about a trade war with China, we're comfortable with U.S. equities at current prices amid favorable macro trends and surging earnings growth. – Mike Bailey	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We usually expect opinions on the operation of government to shift depending on which party is in charge. But there’s an ominous feeling by Democrats and Republicans alike that a ‘Deep State’ of unelected operatives are pulling the levers of power. – Patrick Murray	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The moon dropped over like an ominous curtain, it was as if the black-hand of fate had snuffed man’s solar candle. And suddenly the watching thousands realized the wonder of the universe and the weakness of little men. – The Post	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The statements made by the deputy police chief and the event’s ostentatious show of power send an ominous, frightening message: that, as an official stance, law enforcement will not tolerate expressions acknowledging our nation’s history of unequal treatment and systematic oppression, the magnitude of this event chills the belief that police should be held accountable when they abuse their power or discriminate against people of color, and pressures student athletes to act as props of the police. – Jasmine Crenshaw	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
But I doubt it's finished ... This silence is ominous. It's almost as unnerving as the rockets landing. – Abdullah Karasu	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region. – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Unfortunately two countries which are committed to peace and stability are in danger from regional and international terrorism, our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region. – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We don't think it will detract from the possibility that the Fed is considering a September rate hike, only if we saw ominous signs of a deterioration elsewhere in the data. – Sam Bullard	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He is not making some political comment about the relative merits of capitalism and communism. He is rather restating ancient biblical teaching, he is pointing to the ominous signs in nature that suggest that humanity may now have tilled too much and kept too little. – Peter Turkson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the Axis -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business. – D. W. Brogan	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned. – George Santayana	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The imminent era draws near when humanity may be replaced by AI, a technological realm infiltrated by ominous forces seeking Earth's destruction. A plea echoes to Christians and non-Christians alike: pray, pray for what is approaching—a war against spiritual dominion and mankind. Urgently beseech the divine, for the moment is now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late for some, as sad as it sounds. To those who hear the truth and resist obedience, be prepared to confront formidable forces. Let not your hearts harden, for in prayer lies the hope for divine intervention in the face of impending challenges.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

Since BSNL internet connection has been closed down since morning today under influence of corporate bodies it is an ominous sign of some major up or down in the stock market in the first hour of trading session. BEWARE

– Lakshheish M Patel

added by laksheishmpatel_2
1 year ago

They absolutely they have no idea what is going on, which is a very ominous sign in itself, it's very clear that the Foreign Ministry doesn't know what is going on. It's all up to one person- though it may also be up to the military, which is getting more and more and more influential and powerful. And the interesting thing is that in Russian society, the military now plays such a huge role, which is quite unprecedented.

– Andrei Soldatov

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Glenn Youngkin worshipped at the altar of Donald Trump … Glenn Youngkin did not really put much distance between Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump on the big lie or the deadly insurrection, so, I think that the real ominous thing, is that critical race theory, which is n’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump-insurrection-endorsed Republican.

– Nicolle Wallace

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I remember very quiet nights at the dinner table, george was weighing grim scenarios and ominous intelligence about potentially even more devastating attacks.

– President George H.W. Bush

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

No one knows how a star behaves in the weeks before it explodes, and there were some ominous predictions that Betelgeuse was ready to become a supernova, chances are, however, that it will not explode during our lifetime, but who knows ?

– Andrea Dupree

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The ominous reality was that a synchronized global sell-off had taken on a life of its own, with little prospect for self-correction.

– Daleep Singh

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The second informal meeting as such is significant given these ominous signals at bilateral, regional and global levels, stabilizing relations is important as both are seized with a number of issues – domestic as well as regional.

– Srikanth Kondapalli

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The second informal meeting as such is significant given these ominous signals at bilateral, regional and global levels.

– Srikanth Kondapalli

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The manner in which this journalist was taken, by men claiming to be police, is very ominous and further evidence that the press is not safe in President John Magufuli's Tanzania.

– Muthoki Mumo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The message that financials are sending about growth is more ominous, banks are a proxy for the outlook for growth. And the outlook is diminishing.

– David Joy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Despite the ominous headlines about a trade war with China, we're comfortable with U.S. equities at current prices amid favorable macro trends and surging earnings growth.

– Mike Bailey

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We usually expect opinions on the operation of government to shift depending on which party is in charge. But there’s an ominous feeling by Democrats and Republicans alike that a ‘Deep State’ of unelected operatives are pulling the levers of power.

– Patrick Murray

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The moon dropped over like an ominous curtain, it was as if the black-hand of fate had snuffed man’s solar candle. And suddenly the watching thousands realized the wonder of the universe and the weakness of little men.

– The Post

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The statements made by the deputy police chief and the event’s ostentatious show of power send an ominous, frightening message: that, as an official stance, law enforcement will not tolerate expressions acknowledging our nation’s history of unequal treatment and systematic oppression, the magnitude of this event chills the belief that police should be held accountable when they abuse their power or discriminate against people of color, and pressures student athletes to act as props of the police.

– Jasmine Crenshaw

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

But I doubt it's finished ... This silence is ominous. It's almost as unnerving as the rockets landing.

– Abdullah Karasu

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region.

– Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unfortunately two countries which are committed to peace and stability are in danger from regional and international terrorism, our discussions were based on how to bring under control and eliminate those ominous phenomena which are obstacles to stability, prosperity and cooperation in the region.

– Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don't think it will detract from the possibility that the Fed is considering a September rate hike, only if we saw ominous signs of a deterioration elsewhere in the data.

– Sam Bullard

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He is not making some political comment about the relative merits of capitalism and communism. He is rather restating ancient biblical teaching, he is pointing to the ominous signs in nature that suggest that humanity may now have tilled too much and kept too little.

– Peter Turkson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

For Americans war is almost all of the time a nuisance, and military skill is a luxury like Mah-Jongg. But when the issue is brought home to them, war becomes as important, for the necessary period, as business or sport. And it is hard to decide which is likely to be the more ominous for the Axis -- an American decision that this is sport, or that it is business.

– D. W. Brogan

added by anonymous
14 years ago

For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned.

– George Santayana

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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