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towering above



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But most of us will only get a sense that the economy is growing when we see cranes towering above a new building site or new shops opening on the High Street.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

Christmas trees, some towering above 14 feet, are stacked in green heaps against stands draped in fairy lights that stretch out across the concrete.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

They stood in line, two middle-aged homeless men towering above a sea of children.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

His name is Kua Fu, and in Huang Ruo and Basil Twist’s new choral-theater piece “Book of Mountains & Seas” he is a puppet, towering above his team of puppeteers.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Somewhere in the canyon wall of crates towering above him.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli



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