impends

present tense third-person singular of impend

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looms
Verb
  • But the question still looms over the party’s first wide-open primaries in eight years.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The answer lay in selvedge, a denim woven on old-fashioned shuttle looms that Western manufacturers had long abandoned for being too slow.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Impends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impends. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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