high-rise
Example Sentences
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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
Wiping clean the empty high-rise towers besmirching the city skyline with florid graffiti art is a stated priority for buyers and the city, but a federal bankruptcy court has yet to approve the sale.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Moving from a wooden cabin to a much larger high-rise, the new 3000 sq m consulate takes up a prominent location in the middle of downtown Nuuk.
From BBC • May 22, 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
I may not know exactly where my mother is living, but I can picture her writing fake postcards in some high-rise hotel room.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
