as in threatened
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
fears of an economic recession impended over the stock market
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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Trump on Monday threatened to sue the network again over its coverage of problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following renovations touted by the president on a near-daily basis.
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“Impended (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impended%20%28over%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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