I consider Sweden, The Netherlands, Great Britain and Canada as harbingers of things on our horizon here in the States. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
More recently, however, with the recession battering dozens of other North American cities with the same blows that had weakened Detroit, the Motor City has begun to look less like a one - off American tragedy and more like a sign of something bigger — a possible harbinger of things to come in post-industrial North America. (canadianbusiness.com)
Nonetheless, it is an important harbinger of things to come with regards to mitigating the effects of sea level rise. (rabett.blogspot.ru)