31.   The city loomed above us with startling suddenness.

32.   The prestigious, unique ruins of Pompeii loom above the surrounding modern sprawl.

33.   The pine trees loomed above the sleigh, topped with dollops of glistening snow.

34.   The state quarters program has put a shine on the San Francisco Mint, the gray granite fortress that looms above Market Street.

35.   The skyline of downtown Vancouver looms above Stanley Park.

36.   They were vacationing in the Pacific Northwest at the time, and the milky peak of Mount Rainier loomed above them.

37.   Above it all looms Athens Mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos, a suave and popular conservative seen as the most likely challenger for party leadership.

38.   An iron cross snagged from a doomed church looms above a statue of the Virgin Mary.

39.   And a death-dealing, magma-spewing behemoth looms above it all.

40.   Looming above all the cultural sites is the Cultural Roundabout, in the middle of which, is displayed a huge open Quran.