15
approach(noun, verb, meet, approach, appear)
13
loom(noun, verb, advance, meet, show)
13
threaten(verb, meet, near, appear, come)
11
overhang(verb, show, bother, extend, reveal)
10
menace(noun, verb, bother, extend, command)
9
hang over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, near, appear)
6
brew(noun, verb, show, plan, near)
6
draw near(expression, idiom, futurity, be imminent)
6
hover(verb, hold, cover, show, reveal)
6
lower(verb, hold, cover, show, bother)
6
near(verb, preposition, meet, approach, appear)
5
await(show, appear, mount, soar, emerge)
5
be imminent(verb, expression, idiom, extend, command)
5
come on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, appear, mount)
5
portend(verb, show, bother, extend, reveal)
4
beetle(verb, hold, cover, extend, stick)
4
gather(verb, show, develop, appear, mount)
4
jut(verb, extend, command, project, bulge)
3
advance(verb, approach, threaten)
3
depend(verb, hold, cover, stick, swing)
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