loom

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The couple's announcement in recent weeks that they would provide testimony after all marked a reversal of their defiant position, and came as a potential contempt vote loomed in the House of Representatives.

From BBC

The Luddite movement, which predated the Swing Riots, was led by textile workers convinced that power-operated looms would permanently impoverish the middle class.

From Barron's

There, in the distance, Twitch lay on the far side, while just behind her loomed the great black-backed gull with one of its claws brushing down upon her back.

From Literature

We laughed until tears were streaming from our eyes, but then something appeared from the darkness of the trees and loomed over Red.

From Literature

However, the huge trade gap looms large over these talks as the chancellor takes along a sizeable business delegation.

From BBC