imminent
Example Sentences
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Foreign Office sources said no evacuation was imminent but the government was preparing for potential scenarios if commercial flights remained grounded.
From BBC
“If you are Israel or the United States, that’s imminent,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
No team in English soccer oscillates faster between a romp to certain glory and imminent collapse than Arsenal.
Threats no longer have to be imminent to be countered.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
