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