loom large
idiom
: to have great importance or influence
Rising tuition costs loom large in the minds of many parents.
She was a critic who loomed large in literary circles.
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Meanwhile, the Jurassic international footprint will loom large enough to help with the burden even in an underperforming situation.
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Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Well, Goedert named the four men who would loom large on his tight end Mt. Rushmore.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Surveillance concerns also loom large, especially in environments where privacy is already compromised.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
By inverting those precedents, congressional Republicans have created a bill unlike anything Washington has produced since deficit fears began to loom large in the 1990s.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Well, Goedert named the four men who would loom large on his tight end Mt. Rushmore.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Surveillance concerns also loom large, especially in environments where privacy is already compromised.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
By inverting those precedents, congressional Republicans have created a bill unlike anything Washington has produced since deficit fears began to loom large in the 1990s.
—Emily Badger, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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“Loom large.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loom%20large. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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