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If a worrying or threatening situation or event is l______, it seems likely to happen soon .If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon .Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States.The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead....the looming threat of recession. verbIf something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way.Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone....the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us.If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon .Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States.The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead....the looming threat of recession.nounA loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth. C1

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loom loomsloomingloomed

query	If a worrying or threatening situation or event is l______, it seems likely to happen soon .If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon . Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead. ...the looming threat of recession.
word	loom
full-definition	verb If something looms over you, it appears as a large or unclear shape, often in a frightening way. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone. ...the bleak mountains that loomed out of the blackness and towered around us. If a worrying or threatening situation or event is looming, it seems likely to happen soon . Another government spending crisis is looming in the United States. The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead. ...the looming threat of recession. noun A loom is a machine that is used for weaving thread into cloth.
inflections	loomsloomingloomed
cefr-level	C1

Looming Threat Looms Worrying Threatening Situation Event Happen