looming

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“Markets continue to price in a heightened geopolitical risk premium driven by escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and the looming deadline on reopening the Strait of Hormuz,” the chief investment officer says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

On Tuesday morning, Iranian leaders remained defiant ahead of the looming deadline.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

In the village of Pusztavacs in central Hungary, election posters on electricity poles remind voters of a looming poll, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's future is on the line.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Consumer advocates and legal aid attorneys have been concerned for months that not enough parent borrowers are aware of this looming deadline.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

On one side of the house was a large, open second-floor balcony where Madison and his guests could sit and sip cold drinks and look out toward the mountains looming in the west.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis