lie ahead

idiom

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

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As a Chelsea player, Colwill will have every available resource to achieve a full recovery to elite competition, but there is no escaping the physical and mental challenges that lie ahead. Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025 Big debates on Trump, affordability and Gaza lie ahead One feature of the pre-primary jockeying that is coming into focus is the major differences within the Democratic ranks, such as how best to oppose the Trump administration's bulldozing agenda. Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025 The challenges the company had to overcome indicate what might lie ahead for other companies — all while some critics question the long-term impact of natural dyes on consumers' health. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 29 July 2025 Don’t give up hope or the belief that, as dark and difficult as things seem right now, better days lie ahead. Los Angeles Times, 4 July 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 22 Aug. 2025.

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