down the pike
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“We wanted to be as prepared as we could be for what’s coming down the pike,” Kim said, “so that we don’t have to take our community through what they have experienced again.”
From Los Angeles Times
Senators, after all, are the points of contact for governors who want to complain about federal funding cuts coming down the pike that might screw up their budgets.
From Slate
Though trade friction would probably crimp the company’s exports, she wouldn’t talk about what may come down the pike.
From Los Angeles Times
“Six years of really intense, focused preparatory work has gotten the top leaders in Beijing ready to deal with whatever comes down the pike,” said Even Pay, an analyst with research firm Trivium China.
From Los Angeles Times
R.E.M.’s manager Bertis Downs said in an email, “The guys were all big Buster Keaton fans well before this left-field idea came down the pike.”
From Los Angeles Times
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