looming

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• They all had relatively mild symptoms, said Goody, but the couple quickly realized they had a looming problem.

• The looming transition marks the most radical shake-up in Amazon’s corporate ranks in its nearly 30-year history.

• The federal government was warned of the looming disaster, according to an investigation requested by the supreme court, but didn’t do enough to avert it.

• The law enforcement agencies tasked with protecting the Capitol did not act on this intelligence or adequately prepare for the looming threat.

• The dangers are even greater with looming crises in municipal finance in the wake of the Covid pandemic.

• Thus, like Michael Corleone, Abel is a man living with a paternal figure looming over his life.

• With a government shutdown looming, Nancy Pelosi and Michele Bachmann are on the same side.

• Across the country, high school seniors are in the throes of completing college applications before looming deadlines.

• Finally, as with other medications, the looming question is that of globalization.

• Visitors are greeted by a looming gothic gate, the kind used to signify that important residents lie behind its spires.

• Some one is bending over me, looming unnaturally large in the darkness.