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imminent(adjective, warm, approach, certain, way)
24
approaching(verb, adjective, warm, approach, near)
21
looming(verb, adjective, near, critical, ugly)
20
forthcoming(adjective, near, planned, expected, likely)
20
at hand(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, warm)
19
close(adjective, near, expected, likely, possible)
18
coming(verb, adjective, near, planned, likely)
17
threatening(verb, adjective, critical, likely, possible)
16
menacing(verb, adjective, bad, critical, likely)
16
near(adjective, close, warm, expected, likely)
12
immediate(adjective, warm, near, expected, likely)
11
future(adjective, come, expected, likely, future)
11
close at hand(expression, adjective, idiom, near, planned)
10
impendent(adjective, critical, forbidding, denunciatory)
10
nearing(verb, adjective, near, expected, likely)
9
in the offing(expression, adjective, idiom, near, planned)
9
pending(adjective, preposition, expected, possible, incomplete)
9
upcoming(adjective, ugly, aggressive, likely, future)
8
prospective(adjective, planned, expected, likely, expectation)
7
destined(adjective, approach, planned, expected, necessary)
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