Chris Foster, a Los Angeles Times beat writer covering the UCLA Bruins football team, described the emotions of the team as they looked at the scoreboard minutes before being roundly defeated by their upstate rival the California Golden Bears in Berkeley, California. He said, "Another loss was eminent, a rock-bottom moment..."
Foster meant, "Another loss was imminent..." Indeed a loss was imminent. A minute later the final score was secured: Cal 41, UCLA 20.
Eminent means "famous, renowned, prominent, outstanding." Imminent means soon to happen or take place, associated with the thought of something evil or dangerous about to occur.
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