impend

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Recent Examples of impend 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 That Neue Klasse saved BMW from impending financial doom. James Morris, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Democrats, on the other hand, are blasting this move as a sign of impending authoritarianism and call it an unprecedented overreach in presidential authority. Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025 The remainder of the trailer shows Wednesday moving through Nevermore Academy and the local town of Jericho, hunting down Tyler and attempting to save both her family and friends from impending doom. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impend
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Verb
  • And then, there are always a couple of surprise moves looming.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Shooting in Wales meant the weather was always looming.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Co-owners Shane and Michael Pearson needed new digs to brew a lineup of beers including the extremely inviting Lift Off IPA, which took home a gold medal in the American IPA category at the 2025 Indiana Brewers Cup.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The all-new Bourbon Caramel Iced Coffee mixes a rich, bourbon-caramel flavor (non-alcoholic) with smooth cold brew iced coffee over SONIC’s signature nugget ice.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Impend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impend. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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