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tower

[tou-er] / ˈtaʊ ər /




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It’s usually wrong to stand in your ivory tower shouting out the window that a broad swath of people in the market are mistaken.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

But as the Boeing 737 approached the airport in San Diego, the pilot reported to the tower that the plane had possibly hit a drone while flying at about 3,000 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Halfway up a 40-metre-high metal tower, the head of the refinery's technical division, Elise Thomazo, stops to explain the workings of the facility over the continuous hum of the machinery.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

"The siren tower in our village is rusting and leaning and is set to fall any time because there has never been any maintenance."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Such useful advice after I’d already fallen out of a tower.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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