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see/read the writing/handwriting on the wall

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  • The simple fact is this: Democrats see the writing on the wall.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Shell had already begun to see the writing on the wall.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2021
  • Hunter Renfroe has been around long enough to be able to read the handwriting on the wall.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
  • But with those players come back in the fall, others are starting to see the writing on the wall.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Pope Francis should see the writing on the wall and revise the Holy See’s China policy.
    — Nina Shea, National Review, 6 Aug. 2023
  • All of these other smokable companies see the writing on the wall and will dive into oral nicotine.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • As wells run dry in other parts of the state, residents and local officials see the writing on the wall – get proactive or lose the water.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Kauffman, in the podcast interview, expressed a hope that as the Free State movement gains strength, its opponents will see the writing on the wall and leave.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
  • As my colleague Damon Linker points out, even the Biden administration can read the writing on the wall.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Even in the House of Representatives, Republicans have started to see the writing on the wall with two house seats flipping from red to blue in 2018.
    — Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Fox’s inability to see the writing on the wall led to the revelation of hundreds of embarrassing texts and emails to the public.
    — Daniel Novack, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Consider mural dyslexia, the seeming inability to read the writing on the wall.
    — WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Young Latinx people tend to vote Democratic, so legislators in states with weakening red strongholds see the writing on the wall.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 22 June 2022
  • Those who have studied or participated in corporate venturing for a while can see the writing on the wall.
    — Trond Arne Undheim, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The push for ownership isn’t new, however, as networks began to see the writing on the wall years ago as viewership shifted to streaming and ratings started to crater.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • Fathers of color see the writing on the wall and many times settle for less parenting time, figuring that is better than bankrupting themselves and probably getting even less custody time from a judge in the end.
    — Matthew Larson, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • After the Cincinnati Bengals’ final preseason game heading into the 2022 season, wide receiver Trenton Irwin could read the writing on the wall.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2022
  • If the largest federal electric utility authority moved quickly away from fossil fuels, other public and private utilities throughout the country might see the writing on the wall—and have a concrete leader to follow to do the same.
    — Dorothy Slater, The New Republic, 29 Dec. 2021

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