A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

NEARS

Sun, 28 Jan '24
Converges on
Fri, 6 Oct '23
Gets warmer, say
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Impends
Thu, 28 Oct '21
Gets warmer, so to speak
Sun, 12 Sep '21
Approaches
Tue, 30 Mar '21
Looms, say