looming

verb

  1. To come into sight in enlarged or distorted and indistinct form often as a result of atmospheric conditions

    "Storm clouds loomed on the horizon."

  2. To appear in an impressively great or exaggerated form

    "deficits loomed large"

  3. To take shape as an impending occurrence

    "the problems that loomed ahead"

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