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"gathering clouds" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a gathering storm, a figurative darkness, or any other kind of increasing gloom. Example sentence: "As the news spread, a feeling of dread descended, with an almost visible darkness gathering in the skies as heavy, grey clouds moved closer."
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But some analysts see gathering clouds.
Sometimes their lights would reveal gathering clouds.
The gathering clouds, it seems, have no silver lining.
Behind gathering clouds, the shape of Ararat began to emerge.
Outside, the sun gave way to gathering clouds.
The calls of the gathering clouds of starlings.
Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms.
You see the piers of the Pont Royal streaked by shadows under gathering clouds.
But rest assured: several of the contributors knew how to do time-lapse shots of gathering clouds.
By 3 45, gathering clouds produced a brief but vigorous squall that appeared to turn the tide for flyfishers.
The bigger economic picture is still a landscape of "gathering clouds and raging storms," Mr. Obama said Tuesday.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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