It’s admittedly hard to separate the meaning of the death of such a towering figure from the political context surrounding it.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for women’s basic rights. It’s a legacy just as powerful as her record on the Supreme Court|ehinchliffe|September 21, 2020|Fortune
Even years after his retirement, Thompson maintained a towering presence at the university he helped put on the map.
John Thompson’s Unapologetic Blackness Changed College Basketball|Santul Nerkar|September 1, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
We, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.
Election Day Is Scarier Than Halloween|P. J. O’Rourke|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At once uproarious, raw, and painfully honest, “Discord” unveils the many virtues and vices of these towering icons.
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Doctors are then on to the next patient, and between patients they are distracted by a towering mountain of non-clinical tasks.
Why Your Doctor Feels Like a 'Beaten Dog'|Daniela Drake|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In early 2001 the Afghan Taliban, encouraged by al Qaeda, blew to bits the towering Buddhas of Bamiyan.
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq|Christopher Dickey|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Right up the little hill, and towering over you, was the building.
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I see it as a fearful thing, towering, expanding, upheld by the toil and the agony of millions.
The Journal of Arthur Stirling|Upton Sinclair
Chauvelin's eyes were fixed upon him, and he from his towering height was looking down at the little sable-clad figure before him.
The Elusive Pimpernel|Baroness Emmuska Orczy
See in the distance those hills and towering mountains; those beautiful valleys and wide-extending plains.
The Spirit of God As Fire|D. Mortimore
Duke, towering with rage, looked at de Spain and pointed to the hall door.
Nan of Music Mountain|Frank H. Spearman
Marjorie followed in a towering passion, but her remonstrances were useless.