building
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However, the older, Gothic revival-style building, built in 1878, has remained vacant for more than 15 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The case against Manchester City had been building for nearly a decade before the seismic news finally landed this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
I don’t think they’re building for love anymore.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Amino acids are the building blocks used to make proteins, and leucine is especially abundant in protein rich foods such as dairy products, meat, beans, and lentils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Some of them play with art supplies on their desks, and some are building structures from large, colorful blocks.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But even in 2026, Abuja can still look half-built, its pockmarked downtown home to modern office buildings alongside empty lots and even farms that pre-date its founding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Its narrow, labyrinthine streets are lined with stone buildings that blend Swahili, Arabic, Persian, Indian and European building styles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
The district also is in the midst of spending $5.3 billion in bond money voters approved in 2022 to renovate campus buildings, upgrade water and power infrastructure and build student housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Blank brick walls looked back at me, the backs of other ancient buildings in this crowded center of old Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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