"imminent conflict" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it when you are describing a situation that is likely to result in a conflict in the near future. For example: "The two sides are at an impasse, indicating that an imminent conflict may be inevitable."
"That's it!" Morris roars, relishing the imminent conflict.
This year's Summer Jam lineup wasn't promising: no clear hip-hop headliner, no promise of imminent conflict.
In an unusually strong editorial in English, Global Times, a newspaper that often strikes a nationalist tone, said in Friday's editions: "Maybe an imminent conflict will be waged between China and Japan.
LONDON — The war talk in Israel, where authorities have been handing out gas masks in anticipation of a possible imminent conflict with Iran, has been met with a degree of skepticism in Europe.
In the insider account of the Iraq war preparations by the Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, there is a description of Alastair Campbell being congratulated by Mr Bush about how committed his boss was to the imminent conflict.
As he returns to Blighty, he pens advice to his colleagues for the imminent conflict: they should remember the regiment's glory, speak truth to power, not hide bad news – the usual guff.
Not only do these foreign holdings, debts and future deals present imminent conflicts of interest for American foreign policy, but they also create an immediate constitutional concern.
For a while, the scene felt more like a giddy political bazaar than the staging area for imminent ideological conflict.
I reported the incident as a "minor skirmish", but my reports quickly became viral and, taken out of context, were being used to stoke fears of imminent racial conflict.
In case of imminent potential conflicts, higher placed officials in the JJIs were involved to correct the situation.
The suggestion seems to be that Tillerson was out of his element when he provided those assurances Wednesday — that Tillerson wouldn't even know how imminent such a conflict might be because it's not in his purview.
