be about to
Example Sentences
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A crowded trade could be about to slam into reverse.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Treasury yields declined amid reports that U.S. and Iran could be about to restart negotiations to end their conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
As investors warily eye U.S. long-bond yields near 5%, another bout of fixed income angst could be about to rattle markets.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The veteran academic of London's politics, Tony Travers, a politics professor at the London School of Economics, says the capital may be about to witness a "political earthquake".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The moment he’d be about to nod off, he would startle and cry out.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
