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
Outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson and safety Jaylinn Hawkins, both starters in 2025, are impending free agents, and both players could have robust markets.
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The cats’ impending eviction turned them into campus celebrities, into what some saw as victims of an inflexible university bureaucracy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles could put together a package around those three picks, perhaps a sign-and-trade involving impending unrestricted free agent Austin Reeves and other players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Those meetings are typically done in order to gain clarity on impending free agents or to sign them to extensions altogether.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
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Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The cats’ impending eviction turned them into campus celebrities, into what some saw as victims of an inflexible university bureaucracy.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles could put together a package around those three picks, perhaps a sign-and-trade involving impending unrestricted free agent Austin Reeves and other players.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Those meetings are typically done in order to gain clarity on impending free agents or to sign them to extensions altogether.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impend
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The story follows struggling creatives navigating debt, eviction threats and a precarious gig economy, visualized in Riley’s inventive style — from looming piles of eviction notices to characters literally struggling up and down steep inclines that mirror the instability of their lives.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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Hemp on the horizon The Flax Company anticipates that the looming regulation requiring companies to include 30 percent low environmental impact fibers in all clothing by 2030 will have a major impact on the use of Marmara Hemp.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Mar. 2026
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Turmoil erupts when union execs oust president Turmoil that had been brewing within the union’s leadership ranks hit the public radar when the union’s executive council voted to remove Jones as international president in June 2023, accusing him of misusing union funds for personal gain.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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The old Brewmaster’s office has been converted to a lovely courtyard, and in Elephant Cellar—named after the giant brew tanks—original caps still line the wall, and 3,000-pound bottle fillers have become one-of-a-kind chandeliers.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Impend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impend. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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