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Meanings of oncoming in English

Portuguese
começo

The beginning or early stages.

        começo

        Oncoming.

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                Usage of oncoming in English
                1
                In 1981, Reagan refused to accept the reality of the oncoming recession.
                The new yorker
                2
                However the oncoming car pulled to the left, and the two collided.
                Radio NZ
                3
                In a swinging kick, the foot let drive at the oncoming dog.
                Bruce
                4
                Before an hour had passed the oncoming boat was in plain sight.
                Bob the Castaway; Or, The Wreck of the Eagle
                5
                Its light bar was flashing red, as a warning to oncoming traffic.
                Nothing to lose
                6
                Dick heard the dim vibrations of an oncoming, not yet visible car.
                In Cold Blood
                7
                Between Gwendolyn and the oncoming ships-twenty ,perhaps-thecourtyardbelow hummed with activity.
                The captive
                8
                About this time the Border Bandits discovered the oncoming party of horsemen.
                The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of ...
                9
                The roar of an oncoming train drowned whatever he started to say.
                Body work
                10
                The lights of the oncoming cars glinted against the smear it left.
                The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
                11
                Straightway the enemy observed the oncoming reinforcements, and shrapnel began to fly.
                The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
                12
                Here all could easily command a view of the oncoming German horde.
                The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along ...
                13
                All this was present with him as he watched the oncoming figure.
                Lewis Rand
                14
                The fog began to swirl in the beaming headlights of oncoming traffic.
                The abduction
                15
                Tight corners and oncoming traffic and the bike raring at the bit.
                The Guardian
                16
                Once again they turned at bay, facing the oncoming lines of fire.
                The lord of the rings
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                Oncoming through the time
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