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
Earlier this year, some of us here at The Enquirer set out to answer a question that looms over thousands of older people in Greater Cincinnati.
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Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Still, uncertainty looms as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that flight cancellations will grow if the government shutdown continues.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
And that mountain looms far larger than the piles of cash that CoreWeave has brought in the door so far.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
As the flight reductions gradually increase, travelers can expect cascading disruptions, including mounting cancellations, delays, shrinking rebooking options, and crowded gates—especially as the start of the Thanksgiving travel period looms.
—AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
While Mars looms as the next destination for humanity's expansion into our solar system, there are significant hurdles, technological issues, financial concerns, and astrophysical logistics to overcome before placing boots on the Red Planet ever becomes a reality.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The post 9/11 blunders in which Cheney played a part can be tied to the rise of ISIS, perennial instability in the Middle East, the migrant crisis and the crushing debt burden ($38 trillion and counting) that looms over the US economy.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
This is where real stories happen, and the big city that looms to the south is only a backdrop.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Yet business almost always looms.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Still, uncertainty looms as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that flight cancellations will grow if the government shutdown continues.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
And that mountain looms far larger than the piles of cash that CoreWeave has brought in the door so far.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
As the flight reductions gradually increase, travelers can expect cascading disruptions, including mounting cancellations, delays, shrinking rebooking options, and crowded gates—especially as the start of the Thanksgiving travel period looms.
—AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
While Mars looms as the next destination for humanity's expansion into our solar system, there are significant hurdles, technological issues, financial concerns, and astrophysical logistics to overcome before placing boots on the Red Planet ever becomes a reality.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The post 9/11 blunders in which Cheney played a part can be tied to the rise of ISIS, perennial instability in the Middle East, the migrant crisis and the crushing debt burden ($38 trillion and counting) that looms over the US economy.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
This is where real stories happen, and the big city that looms to the south is only a backdrop.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Yet business almost always looms.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looms
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While the world gushes over Africa’s natural resources, trouble brews with utilizing them—pollution, corruption, human rights abuses, criminal infiltration.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The very bean that brews coffee is grown at the hands of Black producers, from Brazil to Ethiopia.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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National runner-up Houston also hovers near the top of the odds as well.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The population here hovers around 250, and there’s just one grocery store—but intrepid guests will find themselves in stunning, rugged landscapes with few people around.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 2025
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During another episode this season, a man approaches Angela at a party and tells her that her husband cheated on her.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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By modeling the physics behind this phenomenon, researchers discovered that the human hand’s sensitivity approaches the theoretical limit of what can be detected through mechanical reflections.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Looms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looms. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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