- present participle of tower.
towering
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In the background: the towering, backward-curving ramp structure not unlike a skateboard halfpipe, which the car launched up before coming back down and going back up again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
This diversity is driven by diverse habitats: harsh deserts, vast grasslands, dense forests, towering mountains, lush coastlines and teeming seas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
A question has bedeviled a wealthy Lake Tahoe enclave for years: Who is poisoning the towering trees that stand sentry on the lake’s North Shore?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"Today the issue is survival," added the mayor, a towering former world heavyweight champion boxer who has served as Kyiv mayor since 2014.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
She propped the foam-board-mounted artist’s rendering of his next towering condominium project on an easel.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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