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For reference, L.A.’s tallest building, the Wilshire Grand Center, has a ratio of roughly 10.5, depending on how you calculate the square footage and acreage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The sliver of a country—176 square miles, the smallest in Africa—is stacked with luxury out-posts, including two Four Seasons, Raffles, Six Senses, Waldorf Astoria and Cheval Blanc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
On the second day in Faisalabad, Rana was at square leg when he appeared to halt the game to object to one of England captain Mike Gatting's field placements.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The demonstrators set up around 100 tents in the capital's busy Puerta del Sol square after tens of thousands took to the streets on Saturday to demand action to lower housing costs and protect tenants.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
They passed into a wide cobbled square lined with shuttered stores.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The game ends when all five squares turn green or when the player uses all six attempts without finding the answer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Residents of Savannah, now a tourist mecca known for its moss-draped squares and antebellum architecture, tolerated the river pollution and dismissed the mill’s rotten odor as “the smell of money.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Rather than relying on elaborate studio sets, the production embraced the neighborhood’s authentic character, allowing real businesses, public squares, and residential streets to become integral parts of the series’ identity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Thousands of fans filled the Ángel de la Independencia, the Zócalo and other squares across the country, as well as watch parties in cities like Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Annabelle started counting things then—ceiling tiles, sidewalk squares, and consonants in words.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
His jaw was squarer and facial hair thicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Even the cars' noses are different - Ferrari's narrow and needle-like against the more conventional, squarer ones of Mercedes and Red Bull.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022
The modern human talonid gives their teeth a squarer outline than those of Neanderthals.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 8, 2022
He blasted the court’s secret deliberations, complaining: “A horse thief in frontier days would have received a squarer deal.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Or nose-to-forehead, as Junior was shorter and squarer than me.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
America’s most middlebrow casual restaurant, with America’s squarest CEO, selling fried cheese and margaritas and fajita plates that you can eat off for days.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025
Who jorts have been claimed by — punk rockers, pop stars and rappers, the squarest middle-aged men on weekends — is simply the narrative sewn on top of the real narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
“He thought I was the squarest person and replied, ‘What planet are you from?’”
From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019
Her emeralds are the squarest, her mink the darkest.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Near Earth's surface, little g is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Last December, throngs of supporters and foes squared off at a raucous Metro board meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Texas to question whether modern forfeiture practice can be squared with its narrow historical roots.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
"I'm optimistic we can stop the plans... we have got a long way to go, but today we have squared the edge and we have drawn a line in the sand," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He bit his lips to steady them and squared his shoulders.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
The process has never been tested, and right now former state Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat, and GOP Rep. Andy Barr are squaring off for the seat McConnell is abandoning.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
There has been only one previous case of siblings squaring off against each other at the World Cup,, external and it happened in back-to-back tournaments.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The stock market is on a run that has bears who see a bubble squaring off against bulls saying earnings growth resulting from artificial intelligence External link will drive shares higher still.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Cecil and a red-faced man are squaring off.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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