as in brews
to be about to happen
he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead
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Recent Examples of looms
While the warriors of the Viking Age often dominate the historical imagination, this research makes room for their spindles and looms too.
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Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Above a green valley, the mountain, steel-gray, looms at otherworldly scale.
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William Finnegan,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The film packages the final three episodes of the iconic Japanese anime series as destruction looms at the end of the Thousand-Year Blood War.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 June 2026
With that in mind, let’s run through some of those hypotheticals that Zito will be facing — and has been facing — as free agency looms.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Dillon is ranked 31st with a best finish of 12th this season, but the In-Season Challenge looms as another chance to garner some headlines and unlikely fans.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
And all due respect to Marchenko, a very talented forward and a player many teams covet, but the Werenski story will be the one that looms over this entire NHL offseason.
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Pierre Lebrun,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Portugal’s five-goal win over Uzbekistan looms large, as the DRC enters its final group match with a -1 goal differential.
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Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The puckish spirit of Swedish label Studio Barnhus, here releasing Dicker for the first time, looms large.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Above a green valley, the mountain, steel-gray, looms at otherworldly scale.
—
William Finnegan,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The film packages the final three episodes of the iconic Japanese anime series as destruction looms at the end of the Thousand-Year Blood War.
—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 June 2026
With that in mind, let’s run through some of those hypotheticals that Zito will be facing — and has been facing — as free agency looms.
—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2026
Dillon is ranked 31st with a best finish of 12th this season, but the In-Season Challenge looms as another chance to garner some headlines and unlikely fans.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
And all due respect to Marchenko, a very talented forward and a player many teams covet, but the Werenski story will be the one that looms over this entire NHL offseason.
—
Pierre Lebrun,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Portugal’s five-goal win over Uzbekistan looms large, as the DRC enters its final group match with a -1 goal differential.
—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
The puckish spirit of Swedish label Studio Barnhus, here releasing Dicker for the first time, looms large.
—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looms
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Tension brews under the Scorpio moon.
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Lucky Bean Coffeehouse Lucky Bean Coffeehouse brews your morning cup of joe with single-origin beans and also serves specialty drinks.
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The population hovers at just over 200.
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Building on a recurring motif of witches, Woods has Emily and Sylvia lift off during a thunderstorm, soaring above the city skyline in a sequence that hovers between dream and fantasy.
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But 61 years later, and as the country approaches its 250th anniversary this weekend, those sacrifices are in question.
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This approaches the 30% S-curve inflection point that signals inevitable technology adoption.
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“Looms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looms. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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