8
precede(verb, act, delay, lead, head)
8
preclude(verb, stop, act, remove, restrain)
8
promise(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
8
wait(verb, stop, stay, rest, look)
7
antedate(verb, delay, lead, head, presage)
7
hope for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hope, expect)
7
look(verb, take, allow, provide, think)
7
point(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
7
presume(verb, hold, discover, assume, think)
7
reckon(verb, feeling, assume, test, hunch)
7
signal(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
6
annunciate(verb, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition)
6
be early(verb, expression, idiom, act, delay)
6
dread(verb, worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
6
harbinger(verb, feeling, lead, head, presentiment)
6
nullify(verb, preclude)
6
prepare(verb, make, get, plan, arrange)
6
previse(verb, discover, understand, guess, presume)
6
reckon on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, seek, expect)
6
stay ahead
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