"in the wind" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 3, scene 1",
          "text": "There is something in the wind, that we cannot get in.",
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          "ref": "1892, Rudyard Kipling, “Tommy”, in Barrack-room Ballads, line 31",
          "text": "There's trouble in the wind, my boys.",
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          "ref": "2008 March 19, Fred Weir, “In Moscow, Rice signals warmer US-Russia ties”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 2010-10-21",
          "text": "A grand strategic bargain between Russia and the US could be in the wind, after years of deteriorating relations.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68",
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        "Impending or in the offing; imminent."
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        "(idiomatic) Impending or in the offing; imminent."
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          "word": "in the works"
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        "At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location."
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        "(idiomatic) At whereabouts unknown, especially when law enforcement authorities have lost track of one's location."
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          "sense": "at whereabouts unknown",
          "word": "at large"
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          "sense": "at whereabouts unknown",
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          "sense": "at whereabouts unknown",
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          "sense": "at whereabouts unknown",
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