high-rise
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He and four others were taken to a skybridge connecting two high-rise apartment complexes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It's an area where high-rise apartment blocks sit along the banks of the Erdre river.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Unverified social media videos showed plumes of smoke rising over Ryazan -- a city of around 500,000 -- and a high-rise apartment block with several blackened floors.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
His new unit is dwarfed by that record-breaking abode, which is located inside a glittering high-rise at 220 Central Park South, and which spans 24,000 square feet across four floors.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
No longer content to recline, it now reaches for the sky, much like the high-rise buildings lining our city streets.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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