as in looms
to be about to happen
for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending
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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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Above a green valley, the mountain, steel-gray, looms at otherworldly scale.
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“Impends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impends. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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