towered
Britishadjective
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The team's famous software engineering was immortalised in a 1969 photograph of Hamilton standing beside the stack of printed code that towered beside her.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The curved concrete gravity dam towered 1,835 feet above sea level in the San Francisquito Canyon, about 30 miles northwest of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A tsunami of that size would have towered more than 330 feet above sea level, higher than many modern skyscrapers.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Even though he towered over everyone else on the floor, Wembanyama played like a little guy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
He towered over her, taller even than Captain Babushkinov.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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