bulk large


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Verb1.bulk large - hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
brood, loom, hover
hang - be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
eclipse, overshadow, dominate - be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
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Although the United States and Europe bulk large in this study, it would not be fair to say that the focus is Eurocentric.
Emily S. Rosenberg, ed.: A World Connecting: 1870-1945
These latter bulk large in the author's analysis of Swahili hegemony over the subservient Giriama--who, she says, contribute to their own subjection.
Janet McIntosh, The Edge of Islam: power, personhood, and ethno-religious boundaries on the Kenya coast

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