about to happen
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It turns out, though, that Jerry is the one who isn’t ready for what’s about to happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
He walks over to the cat and picks him up, and in previous adaptations of this story, this might signal that a disturbing act of animal cruelty is about to happen.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Do you really think that foreign governments are at this point, with a magnifying glass, looking at our markets and thinking something might be about to happen?
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
After all, what’s about to happen next in a war is one of the hardest things in the world for investors—or policymakers—to predict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
I felt that something beyond what I’d learned or would ever understand was about to happen to us.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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