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
Philadelphia Eagles fans poured into the streets on Sunday night and celebrated the team’s NFC Championship win and impending Super Bowl appearance.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Celebrations for Bundy's impending demise were held nationwide, and ABC News reported at the time that fireworks and crowds gathered and cheered for his execution.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Would impending free agents like Smith and Murphy make their decisions based on the lack of continuity?
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
All five have additional urgency to their quests based on age, impending free agency of key players or both.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Celebrations for Bundy's impending demise were held nationwide, and ABC News reported at the time that fireworks and crowds gathered and cheered for his execution.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Would impending free agents like Smith and Murphy make their decisions based on the lack of continuity?
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
All five have additional urgency to their quests based on age, impending free agency of key players or both.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impend
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The juxtaposition of the traditions is fairly straightforward, but an altogether different figure—or, rather, the suggestion of one, looming in the background—makes the image somewhat unsettling.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Perhaps the film’s single greatest scare comes when the shark’s wide, massive head looms up from the water, close to the Orca, for just an instant before turning away and sinking out of sight.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Made in Lowell by a Harvard and MIT grad, Meli ($17 a four pack) aims to avoid the pitfalls of many beers, such as being too heavy or bitter, by brewing the brew with organic quinoa and zero sugar.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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Fed with sugar and salt to create a specific pigment, these microbes act like miniature factories, brewing vibrant dyes that are transferred directly onto fabric using a fraction of the water and none of the toxic additives.—
Maeve Campbell,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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“Impend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impend. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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