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He’ll be with us for a good hour and a half; now and then, his nice, tanned face will loom up, distorted with rage, but plainly with fascination, too.

From The Guardian Jul. 28, 2019

Shadowy mountains loom up between the buildings as you walk five minutes from one end of the town to the other.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2017

She set her simple loom up against the wall of her adobe courtyard and began weaving finely spun yarn through the strands of the warp, adding to an axsu that was nearly finished.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2016

Still, every time I thought I’d put the long shadow of Dylan behind me, it would loom up and engulf me again.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2015

A half hour later, when she spied the enormous elevated interchange loom up ahead of them, she gasped and put one hand to the side of her face.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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