lie ahead

idiom

: to be in the future
No one knows what lies ahead (of us).

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The Warriors understand the challenges that lie ahead of them, but this team is a confident group. Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025 For others, staying in the field is a commitment to a childhood dream that now borders on a nightmare, in the hopes that better days lie ahead. Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025 The shift in language was interpreted by some economists as a signal that policymakers were becoming more careful about taking interest rates further lower, stoking questions whether a pause to the monetary easing cycle could lie ahead. Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025 But the biggest fights lie ahead: The blueprint instructs the House and Senate to craft separate proposals that will eventually need to be reconciled. Riley Beggin, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lie ahead

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“Lie ahead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20ahead. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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