1.   He wanted to sit for ever gazing out of the window as the landscape loomed close and then slid by.

2.   And there are no labor disputes looming anywhere close to the horizon.

3.   He stands upright, slightly bent at the knees, looming close to the plate in his home whites, the bat grasped lightly two inches above the knob.

4.   Partisanship looms close.

5.   The fact that a difficult election loomed close obviously contributed to the calculation, though it also raised the stakes.

6.   The sight of the ruins that were once open-air street markets, burned stores and overturned cars stirred anxieties, reminding people that instability still loomed close.