oncoming
adjective
on·com·ing
ˈȯn-ˌkə-miŋ 
ˈän-
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we're looking forward to your oncoming visit
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Tens of thousands of people evacuated, some having run on foot to flee oncoming flames.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The video, posted to Instagram on Sunday, shows the driver accelerating through the crowd of cyclists on Olympic Boulevard, narrowly missing them and at one point driving into oncoming traffic to go around them.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office truck spun out of control and into the path of an oncoming car on Florida’s Turnpike on Thursday night that left the driver of a second vehicle dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Richardson was using her phone flashlight, trying to slow traffic, when she was hit by an oncoming Toyota.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The video, posted to Instagram on Sunday, shows the driver accelerating through the crowd of cyclists on Olympic Boulevard, narrowly missing them and at one point driving into oncoming traffic to go around them.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office truck spun out of control and into the path of an oncoming car on Florida’s Turnpike on Thursday night that left the driver of a second vehicle dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Richardson was using her phone flashlight, trying to slow traffic, when she was hit by an oncoming Toyota.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 31 Dec. 2024
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oncoming
adjective
on·com·ing
ˈȯn-ˌkəm-iŋ
ˈän-
: coming nearer
oncoming traffic
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