building
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Officially, it’s closed because a section of the Grand Foyer ceiling gave way in a storm, plaster crashing to the floor, and the building needed to be shut down for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Oldman stars as the crude boss of a team of failed or disgraced MI5 agents who have been banished to a building called Slough House.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
For a variety of reasons, Americans who spend decades building nest eggs are reluctant to spend them down in retirement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It turns out building a model from scratch in nine months, it takes a lot of painstaking effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Anna May pulled out her wallet while James headed into the building.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“Even if something might be natural, if you aerosolize it and spread it across buildings, it’s not necessarily great,” UCLA’s Spokoyny said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
By day he was marching into other executive office buildings and telling everyone that he was now in charge and they were fired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Students are protesting about a lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Raman has talked up her work enacting new renter protections, narrowing the ability of landlords to evict tenants and winning approval of a 4% cap on annual rent increases in rent-stabilized buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The buildings and streetlamps became fewer and farther between.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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