towering
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Earlier on Wednesday, AFP footage showed the building reduced to an immense pile of shattered concrete, towering over a team of rescuers in high-visibility vests conducting a desperate search.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The study, led by Curtin University in collaboration with the University of York, UK, is the first to pinpoint the geological source of the towering stones.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Westlife performed 'World of Our Own' and 'You Raise Me Up', with tens of thousands joining in as phone lights flickered around the towering tiers of Croke Park.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
That same insistent pull she’d felt in the zoo had guided her through the lemongrass fields as the zoo’s towering brick walls grew distant, and the city of Lkossa’s outer slums rose to meet her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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