We are a Suddenlink customer and after looking desperately for a contact at Suddenlink to address our concern we had to go to the Corporate page. In short our issue is with all the telemarketers that call our home phone on a daily basis, I know that Suddenlink has a feature to allow blocking up to ten calls but that is not enough to eliminate these constantly annoying robocalls.
porte cochere. Definition. A roofed structure extending from the entrance of a building over an adjacent driveway to shelter persons getting into or out of buildings.
Portend means to show a sign that something calamitous is about to happen. The teetering, tottering, pile of fine china piled up after the dinner party portends an imminent crash of broken plates and dishes. Portend is a verb warning of omens, or bad signs. Dark clouds rumbling in over a county fair in Kansas portend the thunderstorm and even tornado that is likely to ruin the festivities. Portend is a helpful way for authors to foreshadow dark events ahead in their stories.