looming
US /'lu:mɪŋ/
・UK /'lu:mɪŋ/
B2
v.i.Intransitive VerbTo appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
I can tell that a storm is about to happen by the dark clouds looming in the distance
v.i.Intransitive Verb(Of unpleasant thing) to be close to happening
The battle is still looming even after their leader died
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How 'Quiet Quitting' Became The Next Phase Of The Great Resignation
- That's despite the looming risk of a recession; economic downturn could make quiet quitting a short lived trend.
That's despite the looming risk of a recession; economic downturn could make quiet quitting a short lived trend.
The Cascadia Fault Is Ready To Rupture: A MEGA Earthquake Is Coming!
- Today, let's delve into the looming threat of the Cascadia megacequake, unraveling its terrifying potential.
Today, let's delve into the looming threat of the Cascadia megacequake, unraveling its terrifying potential.
- Today, let's delve into the looming threat of the Cascadia Mega Seaquake, unraveling its terrifying potential.
Today, let's delve into the looming threat of the Cascadia Mega Seaquake, unraveling its terrifying potential.
5 Street Photography Tips Every Photographer Should Know
- When it feels like you're in a space or an environment where a potential photo is probably looming, then you can bring your camera up in this position and then simply aim, compose, and shoot.
When it feels like you're in a space or an environment where a potential photo is probably looming, then you can bring your camera up in this position and then simply aim, compose, and shoot.
- When it feels like you're in a space or an environment where a potential photo is probably looming, then you can bring your camera up in this position and then simply aim, compose, and
When it feels like you're in a space or an environment where a potential photo is probably looming, then you can bring your camera up in this position and then simply aim, compose, and
Meta's Spending Plans and Alphabet's Ad Outlook
- The extraordinary ubiquity of Google search is not new to anybody who has a phone or a computer, but situated for us in this moment where we have a new administration two weeks in looming large is this Department of Justice case against Google.
The extraordinary ubiquity of Google search is not new to anybody who has a phone or a computer, but situated for us in this moment where we have a new administration two weeks in looming large is this Department of Justice case against Google.
- Uh but situated for us in this moment where we have a new administration two weeks in looming large is this Department of Justice case against Google.
Uh but situated for us in this moment where we have a new administration two weeks in looming large is this Department of Justice case against Google.
As TikTok ban looms, users turn to other Chinese-based platforms
- But perhaps the biggest hurdle? TikTok owner ByteDance says the platform isn't actually for sale. In the face of the looming ban, some users have flocked elsewhere.
But perhaps the biggest hurdle? TikTok owner ByteDance says the platform isn't actually for sale. In the face of the looming ban, some users have flocked elsewhere.
- In the face of the looming ban, some users have flocked elsewhere.
In the face of the looming ban, some users have flocked elsewhere.
U.S. policy on Taiwan won’t change even if Trump returns to WH, says top foreign affairs lawmaker
- There's this looming threat that seems to exist at all times, but yet they've yet to take that step of a formal invasion.
There's this looming threat that seems to exist at all times, but yet they've yet to take that step of a formal invasion.
- There's this looming threat that seems to exist at all times,
There's this looming threat that seems to exist at all times,
Onism: The Awareness of How Little of the World You'll Experience
- Eventually these questions take on a weight of their own and begin looming over your everyday life, all the billions of doors you had to close in order to take a single step forward, all the things you haven't done and may never get around to doing, all the risks that may or may not have been real, all the destinations that you didn't buy a ticket to, all the lights you see in the distance that you can only wonder about, all the alternate histories you narrowly avoided, all the fantasies that stay dormant inside your head, everything you're giving up to be where you are right now, the questions that you wrongly assume are unanswerable.
Eventually these questions take on a weight of their own and begin looming over your everyday life, all the billions of doors you had to close in order to take a single step forward, all the things you haven't done and may never get around to doing, all the risks that may or may not have been real, all the destinations that you didn't buy a ticket to, all the lights you see in the distance that you can only wonder about, all the alternate histories you narrowly avoided, all the fantasies that stay dormant inside your head, everything you're giving up to be where you are right now, the questions that you wrongly assume are unanswerable.
- and begin looming over your everyday life.
and begin looming over your everyday life.
Syria, Japan, Coke sugar and equal pay in women’s sports
- But it does add to political instability, as high inflation and a looming tariff deadline with the U.S. put pressure on the leader.
But it does add to political instability, as high inflation and a looming tariff deadline with the U.S. put pressure on the leader.
- but it does add to political instability as high inflation and a looming tariff deadline with the U.S.
but it does add to political instability as high inflation and a looming tariff deadline with the U.S.
Typhoon Fung Wong Heads for Taiwan After Slamming Philippines｜TaiwanPlus News
- but local residents fear that the looming storm will cause new destruction.
but local residents fear that the looming storm will cause new destruction.
- But local residents fear that the looming storm will cause new destruction.
But local residents fear that the looming storm will cause new destruction.
The Economics of Airline Class
- as we did without that looming disruption to the industry.
as we did without that looming disruption to the industry.
- But we likely would not have seen it as early as we did without the looming disruption to the industry.
But we likely would not have seen it as early as we did without the looming disruption to the industry.