oncoming
Example Sentences
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Tévoédjrè stood beside an armored vehicle on the perpendicular street, positioned between the oncoming column and Talon’s residence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
"It seems more priority has been put on giving drivers the best possible view of the road at night and less on the consequences for oncoming traffic," says Simon Williams, the RAC's head of policy.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Consider this: A survey asking consumers what they expect the economy to look like six months from now has been below the threshold that signals an oncoming recession for the 11th month in a row.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
The ridge did nothing to stop the rush of oncoming destruction.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.