allege
verbTo assert that something happened or is true before it has been proved.
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nounAn uneasy expectation that something unpleasant may happen.
apprehensive
adjectiveWorried that something unpleasant may happen.
circumstantial
adjectiveBased on surrounding facts that support an inference about what happened.
foresee
verbTo anticipate or recognize that something is likely to happen.
fortuitous
adjectiveHappening by chance rather than by design.
imminent
adjectiveAbout to occur very soon.
impending
adjectiveAbout to happen, often with a sense of significance or threat.
improbable
adjectiveUnlikely to happen or to be true.
inevitable
adjectiveCertain to occur or impossible to avoid.
materialize
verbTo become real or take definite form.
ominous
adjectiveSuggesting that something unpleasant may happen.
Suggesting trouble
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precipitate
verbTo cause something to happen suddenly or sooner than expected.
transpire
verbTo happen, or to become known after having been unclear.
Happen
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