imminent
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Vanuatu and Samoa have moved to protect their corals from imminent bleaching.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“This happens because the stocks fall on the initial announcement of an investigation and rise once investors realize that Congress is not unified or there is no imminent credible government action,” they said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
London Victims' Commissioner Andrea Simon said the exemptions "have not included some offenders whose imminent release is a genuinely terrifying prospect for their victims".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wigglesworth: I try hard not to be a debt scold, and I’m not worried about an imminent crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
By the end of July 1945, an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent, and the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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