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loom

[loom] / lum /


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Byfield wrote that when an employer required him to operate his loom with one hand:

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Hotels from major international chains and condominium buildings loom over the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Investors buying a 20- or 30-year Treasury bond want to be compensated for locking up their money as inflation concerns, fiscal deficits and an ever-increasing national debt loom.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“He’s going to loom large over these midterms,” Welker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

There was something vaguely unsettling about the way Rasheed seemed to loom over the woman.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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