as in to loom
to be about to happen
for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending
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Recent Examples of impend
What continued to bother him was the strange feeling of impending disaster.
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Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Publicly, Everton’s response to Dewsbury-Hall’s impending ban has been one of frustration.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Galas’s maid, played by the essential Mary Testa, is a former opera star herself, one who makes ominous pronouncements of impending doom in between her dusting.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Whitney warns that the situation is poised to worsen, with impending wage garnishment for seriously delinquent student-loan debt set to further squeeze this cohort.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Publicly, Everton’s response to Dewsbury-Hall’s impending ban has been one of frustration.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Galas’s maid, played by the essential Mary Testa, is a former opera star herself, one who makes ominous pronouncements of impending doom in between her dusting.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Whitney warns that the situation is poised to worsen, with impending wage garnishment for seriously delinquent student-loan debt set to further squeeze this cohort.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impend
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But, amid all the energy surrounding the team’s future, the looming lawsuit against Missouri’s stadium-funding plan has drawn little public attention over the past several weeks.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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And so while his players slept, his fanbase celebrated and a semifinal game loomed, Curt Cignetti went into the office and met with recruits to talk about the next season.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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And in today’s world, there are so many conflicts brewing alongside new political movements and emerging problems.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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This led Fryer to incinerate leek tips, brew the cremains using boiling water and a coffee filter, and then mix the result into wine.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Impend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impend. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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