Answer: impends

AnswerCrossword Clue
IMPENDSHovers
IMPENDSIs near at hand.
IMPENDSHovers menacingly
IMPENDSLies waiting
IMPENDSLooms
IMPENDSIs imminent
impendsIMPEND, to be imminent
impendsBe about to happen
impends(of something bad) Loom