tower above
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Exactly a month earlier, England captain Jos Buttler sat in the plush Gujarat Cricket Association clubhouse behind the huge stands of the Narendra Modi Stadium, which tower above the sprawl around it.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2023
Metal sculptures shaped like king and queen chess pieces tower above a giant chess board made with pavement tiles.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022
An osprey, tired of fighting the breeze, was perched on a tower above the jetty, content to stare out at the ocean for a while.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022
Modern office buildings of glass and steel and a cluster of apartments and cranes tower above the skyline.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2022
They’ll be our lookouts—put one in the carnival and keep the other The folding man unfolded from his chair to tower above us.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
