loom
v.to appear as a large, dark, or scary shape, especially when you cannot see it clearly. You also use it to describe a problem that feels like it is coming soon.
v.to appear as a vague, often large or threatening shape; to be about to happen in a way that causes worry. Intransitive — does not take a direct object.
“Dark clouds loom over the mountains.”
“The deadline for the final project began to loom as the weekend approached.”
“A massive silhouette began to loom through the thick morning fog, eventually revealing itself to be the hull of a rusted cargo ship.”
Intransitive; often followed by prepositions like 'over', 'above', or 'large'.
“The question looms: is their protectiveness stopping him integrating with peers?”
“What I have learned by reporting from Ukraine is that when catastrophe hovers overhead rather than looms from a distance, poetry seems more, rather than less, vital.”
Common in history writing