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The phrase "a dark cloud threatens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to indicate an impending danger or trouble, often in a figurative sense related to situations or emotions.
Example: "As the deadline approached, a dark cloud threatens to overshadow the team's morale."
Alternatives: "an ominous sign looms" or "a looming threat appears".
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The "misery" index, which combines the inflation and unemployment rates, has become a misnomer for Britain's sunlit economy.But a dark cloud threatens a return to the old British model of boom and bust.
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And yet there is a dark cloud threatening the game.
It was a sweltering afternoon, and dark clouds threatened a downpour.
Only Qian Xiaohong walked with her mounds thrust forward, bearing down mercilessly, like dark clouds threatening a city".
We set out into bright sunshine, but as we wound our way into a completely different landscape from that across the highway, one of serpentine rocky roads traversing craggy peaks, dark clouds threatened and a gusty wind spit an occasional mist onto the dusty windshield.
People were standing on bins and benches to get a better view of court eight at Flushing Meadows last Friday as some menacing dark clouds threatened to interrupt the US Open's final round of qualifying.
They left immediately for a nearby park on Point Isabel, where muddy-pawed dogs ran along the San Francisco Bay shoreline and dark clouds threatened rain.
However, the lack of specific molecular clues remains a dark cloud over complex trait genetics, threatening its relevance as a source of useful insights.
But Yun still sees a dark cloud over the housing market, which threatens a sustainable economic recovery.
A dark cloud was rising over the Atlantic, threatening to blot out some of the freedoms our ancestors lost their lives to secure.
BRUSSELS ― As European leaders gather in the Italian capital to mark the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and discuss the future of the European Union, a dark cloud of populism and a looming Brexit threaten to cast a shadow over the already fracturing continental unity.
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