high-rise
Example Sentences
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On Thursday, both Landry and Howery will attend the opening of a new US consulate building, a modern high-rise block in the centre of Nuuk, nicknamed "Trump towers" by some locals.
From BBC • May 20, 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
Four days later, the report said, a drone hit a high-rise building in the area of Vermont Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard while flying at night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 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
Then I glide silently from high-rise to high- rise until I’m well out of the Batalla and Ruby sectors.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
