in the cards (?.)
- about to be
- already in sight
- appointed
- approaching
- apt
- at hand
- brewing
- close
- close at hand
- coming
- destined
- devoted
- doomed
- fair
- fatal
- fated
- fateful
- foredoomed
- foreseeable
- forthcoming
- future
- gathering
- going to happen
- hopeful
- immediate
- imminent
- impendent
- impending
- in danger imminent
- in prospect
- in reserve
- in store
- in the offing
- in the wind
- in view
- inevitable
- instant
- liable
- likely
- looming
- lowering
- lurking
- marked
- menacing
- near
- near at hand
- nearing
- odds-on
- on the horizon
- ordained
- overhanging
- predictable
- predictable within limits
- preparing
- presumable
- presumptive
- probable
- promising
- statistically probable
- that will be
- threatening
- to come
- upcoming
- verisimilar
- waiting
- written