Words similar to offing

Example sentences for: offing

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But even if Lott's motive for offing McCain-Feingold remains as powerful as ever, carrying out the hit no longer looks so simple.
(Although the LAT says there's no evidence that there's any orchestrated rate cutting by central banks around the world in the offing.)
The paper quotes Speaker Dennis Hastert opining that there is a tax agreement with the White House in the offing.
The LAT says that prospects for enacting comprehensive campaign reform this year are pretty much dashed because on Monday the House leadership of Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey adopted rules requiring any such measure to pass, not by the simple majority that seemed in the offing, but by a two-thirds "super-majority."
(For a quick Tibet refresher, check the Washington Post .) Despite a conciliatory exchange between Presidents Clinton and Jiang in Beijing last Saturday, no easy resolutions are in the offing.