spell trouble

idiom

: to cause problems
This decision could spell trouble for all of us.

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Therefore, declining sales in the state could spell trouble for Tesla, which reported its first-ever annual decline in deliveries in 2024. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025 Related article Trump administration’s halt of CDC’s weekly scientific report stalls bird flu studies That could mean the H5N1 infection might become endemic, or continuously circulating, in birds in North America, and that may eventually spell trouble for people, too. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025 Analysts warned that expectations might need a reset, which could spell trouble for high-multiple software stocks. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025 Any more wavering among the chamber’s Republicans could spell trouble for some of Trump’s other iffy nominees. Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spell trouble 

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“Spell trouble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spell%20trouble. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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