as in upcoming
being soon to appear or take place
we're looking forward to your oncoming visit
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Recent Examples of oncoming
Wilson has been charged with fleeing to elude arrest, unsafe passing into oncoming traffic, breaking and/or entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony conspiracy, and felony possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV narcotics, records show.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
In 2022, two groups at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona and at the University of California, Berkeley, separately used rubidium-87 atoms to capture the intensity of oncoming light.
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IEEE Spectrum,
21 June 2026
The accident occurred as one of the ATVs spotted an oncoming car and slowed down.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
In 2017, a jogger in a fashionable neighborhood shoved a woman into the path of an oncoming bus.
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Diana Fox,
Air Mail,
20 June 2026
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
In 2022, two groups at the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona and at the University of California, Berkeley, separately used rubidium-87 atoms to capture the intensity of oncoming light.
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IEEE Spectrum,
21 June 2026
The accident occurred as one of the ATVs spotted an oncoming car and slowed down.
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Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
20 June 2026
In 2017, a jogger in a fashionable neighborhood shoved a woman into the path of an oncoming bus.
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Diana Fox,
Air Mail,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oncoming
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Hawkins, 38, will end his 13-year run as Officer Kevin Atwater on the popular NBC show during the show's upcoming Season 14 in October, USA TODAY has learned.
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While chatting with ExtraTV at the Tight Ends & Friends concert presented by Sports Illustrated and Reese's, San Francisco 49ers player George Kittle confirmed he was invited to the upcoming ceremony — and revealed one of the pair's wedding rules.
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With fireworks season fast approaching, there's no better time than now to get your pet fast and reliable support before anxiety hits hardest.
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And June 30 is fast approaching.
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Neither will New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who on Tuesday was mum on any details to which he’d been made privy, carefully side-stepping a question about the Swift event during a press conference about the impending heat wave.
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LeBron James's impending free agency, though less leveraged at 41, points predictably towards a return to the Lakers.
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The world’s largest Wally’s is set to break ground in Independence in the coming months, with construction expected to conclude in 2027.
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Brickell is set to get even more Class A office space in coming years.
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“Oncoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oncoming. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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