impended

past tense of impend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impended
Verb
  • Stalemate in Congress could leave millions uninsured For months, as the expiration of health insurance subsidies loomed, state health insurance commissioners warned Congress that millions of middle-class Americans were likely to see their insurance premiums double or triple.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Long mornings running, rucking, lifting weights, and lots of time shooting arrows in the driveway were all coming to a head as September loomed.
    Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Specht may be right, but in his community, some people drive east across the Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge into Grant County strictly for a beer brewed and sold only in Wisconsin.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The debates — around affordable housing in particular — brewed a contentious 2023 election season.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Impended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impended. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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