imminent
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The measure was championed by a coalition of healthcare advocates called Restore Healthcare for Angelenos who warned that mass layoffs and emergency room closures could be imminent if new funding didn’t come fast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"Contrary to alarmist claims, there is no imminent threat to the Aravallis' ecology," it said in a December statement.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
The Katiba Institute argued that there was an imminent threat to life if the plans proceeded without safeguards.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
The Sarf faction that had sent me off to Pulefen hung on, despite the not unprecedented embarrassment of being caught lying, until Argaven’s public announcement of the imminent arrival of the Star Ship in Karhide.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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