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• Maybe there's a No. 8 seed sweep in the offing this year? 4.
  — USA Today, 13 Mar. 2023
• On Sunday, with a shutdown no longer in the offing, the aide and I spoke again.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
• So could there be some Sven Wunder hip-hop tracks in the offing?
  — Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 28 Sep. 2023
• Now, on to the next question: Could a six-man rotation be in the offing?
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• That deal has been more than two years in the offing and could still fail to be completed.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
• Kansas State Is a repeat by the Wildcats in the offing?
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• This was a very early dinner, so no midnight toast was in the offing.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• Once that system moves past the region, McCorkle said, there are signs that a long-term dry spell may be in the offing.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• And there’s several more big-money prizes in the offing.
  — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Jax Taylor has been teasing some big reveal in the offing.
  — Vulture, 6 June 2023
• Ignore reminders that the path to autumn never did run smooth and that hotter days may still be in the offing.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• The potential of fortune is there, but, usually, no prize is in the offing.
  — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
• Extra-musical projects are also said to be in the offing.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
• Some observers wonder if a settlement may not lie in the offing.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2023
• And some further opportunities with the NBA are in the offing.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
• With a potential bonanza in short-distance flight in the offing, an air race is on.
  — Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
• Still, Israeli officials signaled this week that a release deal might be in the offing.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
• Inflation remains high and a recession may well be in the offing.
  — Will Johnson, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• While the Angels are off to a 22-21 start, the track record of several players – Ohtani included – suggests a higher gear is in the offing.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• While more flights could be in the offing for the region, other observers say prices are likely to go higher if JetBlue wins the contest.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022
• And the fact that could be in the offing if this pretty radical amendment passes this November, that's child abuse.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
• If that decision holds, high food prices are in the offing–and the Global South could undergo a major hunger crisis.
  — Olivier Guitta, Fortune, 25 July 2023
• In any case, Lotus has the horsepower doctor at work even now, and some interesting things are in the offing.
  — Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
• But at this stage, based on conversations with club officials, a big move in free agency doesn’t appear to be in the offing.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Brady was still an obscure, ex-college quarterback without a concrete job prospect in the offing.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Yet, options trading suggests something bigger may have been in the offing.
  — Austin Weinstein, Fortune, 4 June 2023
• Last year, the Times lost 13 percent of its newsroom to layoffs, and another $10 million in cuts are expected this year, with more layoffs in the offing.
  — Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• But has DeSantis shown anything to this point to suggest such a bacon-saving performance is in the offing?
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
• Separately, a potential one-week pause may be in the offing if Hamas follows through with a release of some three dozen hostages still held captive in Gaza.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• The current iteration of Yellowstone has a timeline for its final episodes — but two more spinoffs of the Paramount Network hit are in the offing.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024