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
Now, uncertainty looms as to what lies ahead.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
The question looms over the administration’s enthusiastic embrace of coal, a leading contributor to climate change.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the threat of layoffs looms for many government workers.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Judge is a blockbuster batter, the kind who builds folklore, evokes spirits and looms over eras.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Tensions between Republicans and Democrats are high in Washington, as a possible government shutdown looms.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
The last full shutdown, like the one that looms, was in 2013 and lasted 16 days; about 850,000 workers were furloughed that year, according to the CRFB.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
The question looms over the administration’s enthusiastic embrace of coal, a leading contributor to climate change.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the threat of layoffs looms for many government workers.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
The group gets stranded at sea off the coast of Florida when their boat capsizes, leading Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close (Duhamel) to oversee the efforts to bring them home as a storm looms.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Judge is a blockbuster batter, the kind who builds folklore, evokes spirits and looms over eras.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Tensions between Republicans and Democrats are high in Washington, as a possible government shutdown looms.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
The last full shutdown, like the one that looms, was in 2013 and lasted 16 days; about 850,000 workers were furloughed that year, according to the CRFB.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looms
Verb
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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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Miller said SomePlace Else brews around 500 barrels, each 31 gallons, annually.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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One of the most important phenomena in high-altitude Sonoma vineyards is the inversion layer, the blanket of fog that hovers between 800 and 1,800 feet throughout many mornings of the growing season.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2025
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No aura of ambiguity hovers over Catherine Leroy’s photographs.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Looms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looms. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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